If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. . . .

Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing. He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.

And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.

Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Do everything in love.

Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.

Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.

We love because He first loved us.

For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.

Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.

Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. . . .

This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints— the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel . . .

Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.

Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways. You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently. Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes! . . .

And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see? But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, . . .

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.

You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him. Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.

If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all. Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.