9 Bible Verses about Affection For God's People
Most Relevant Verses
As for God's chosen people who are in the land, and the leading officials I admired so much --
Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.
Therefore we have been encouraged. And in addition to our own encouragement, we rejoiced even more at the joy of Titus, because all of you have refreshed his spirit. For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus about you has proved true as well. And his affection for you is much greater when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.
with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.
For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern for all the churches.
although we could have imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became little children among you. Like a nursing mother caring for her own children, with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.
We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
