You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.

He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.

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.

For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

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.

Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”

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

Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 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.” Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

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

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

Of David. Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong. For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants. Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it. . . .

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.

The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”

A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

We love because He first loved us.

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.”

As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.

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

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

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

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

honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

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

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

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.

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.

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.

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

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

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

I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.

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

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.

Do everything in love.

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

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. . . .

being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

He answered, “‘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 ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

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

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

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.

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

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.

If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

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

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. . . .

Now this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine! When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place. Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west. . . .

I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.

Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

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

In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”

Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

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. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

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.

And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

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.

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

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.

Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.

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 we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh. The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

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.

If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

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

By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

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.

If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question: “Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?” Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. . . .

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.

Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!

But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

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.

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.