Religion & Spirituality
But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—
Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;
By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.
We love because he first loved us.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
Let brotherly love continue.
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another,
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
And to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. ...
For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
But I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” ...
And he said, “There was a man who had two sons.
And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
And the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.”
From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:
And godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
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