Love
1 Cor 13:1-8
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging
cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move
mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have
not love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It
always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails.
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1 Tim 1:5
The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
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Matt 5:43-46
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I say to you,
love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and
persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and
sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax
collectors do the same?
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Matt 22:36-40
"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" 37 Jesus said to him, " 'You shall love the LORD your
God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the
second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
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John 14:15
"If you love Me, keep My commandments.
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John 15:12
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
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Rom 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according
to His purpose.
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Rom 12:9
Let love be without hypocrisy.
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Gal 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness,
self-control. Against such there is no law.
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Col 3:14
But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection
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Heb 10:24
And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works
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