~ Love in the Bible ~
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"What matters in life is not great deeds, but great love." ( St. Therese of the Child Jesus ) |
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The bible is full of the word love ...... "Love is of God." - 1 John 4:7 Let us love one another, because love comes from God. - 1 John 4:7 "Love does not condemn others." - 1 John 3:17 "My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth." 1 John 3:18 "Who is LOVE? God is love. 1 John 4:8 & 16 "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." 1 John 4:10 "Perfect love casts out fear." - 1 John 4:18 We love because God first loved us. If we say we love God, but hate others, we are liars. For we cannot love God, whom we have not seen, if we do not love others, whom we have seen. - 1 John 4:19-20 "Love reaches out." - 1 John 4:19 "Love is a commandment." - John 13:34 Jesus said If you have love for one another, then everyone will know that you are my disciples. - John 13:35 "No one has greater love than this, to lay down ones life for one's friends". John 15:12-13 "Love is living according to God's commandments." - 2 John 6 "Love is the bond of perfectness." - Colossians 3:14 "Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." -1 Corinthians "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 record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails." - 1 Corinthians 13:4 "There are three things that remain - faith, hope, and love - and the greatest of these is love." Paul/1 Corinthians 13:13 "Love is the catalyst that gives meaning to speaking in tongues, to prophesying, to understanding, to faith, to charitable works, and to self-sacrifice." - 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 "Love suffers long." - 1 Cointhians 13:4 "Love rejoices in truth." - 1 Corinthians 13:6 "Love bears all things." - 1 Corinthians 13:7 "Love believes all things." - 1 Corinthians 13:7 "Love hopes all things." - 1 Corinthians 13:7 "Love endures all things." - 1 Corinthians 13:7 "Love abides now." - 1 Corinthians 13:13 "Love does not think on evil." - Corinthians 13:5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. - Deuteronomy 6: 5 "In love he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of his will, for the praise of the glory of his grace that he granted us in the beloved." - Ephesians 1:1-10 "Love is tenderhearted, not harsh." - Ephesians 4:2,32 The Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility and self-control. - Galatians 5: 22-23 Jesus gave us "two Commandments": The first of all the commandments is: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength." Mark 12:29- 3 And the second is:"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Mark 12:31 "Jesus said You have heard that it was said, love your friends, hate your enemies. But now I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may become the children of your Father in heaven. - Matthew 5: 43-45 "The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation." Numbers 14:18 "Love covers a multitude of sins." - 1 Peter 4:8 For God has poured out his love into our hearts by means of the Holy Spirit, who is Gods gift to us. - Romans 5: 5 "Love is the fulfilling of the law." - Romans 13:10 "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose... Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?... 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 demons, 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." - Romans 28:39 Love comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith." - Timothy 1:5
(October 10, 2004) |
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* Special thanks go to my friends for their input of quotes of "Love in the Bible": - Burke, Gina - Doyle, Colleen |
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