9 Bible Verses about Affection For God's People

The holy ones on earth are the noble ones who fill me with joy.

Be devoted to one another with brotherly love, in honor preferring one another.

Therefore we have been comforted in your comfort. We enjoyed our comfort the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because all of you have refreshed his mental disposition. If in anything I have boasted about him to you, I was not put to shame; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our boasting also which I made before Titus was found to be truth. His affection is even greater for you as he remembers your obedience and how with reverence and trembling you received him.

Having much affection for you, we were well pleased to impart the good news of God to you and also to share our lives with you. You have become very dear to us.

God is my witness, how I long for you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

My little children, of whom I am again in labor pains until Christ is formed in you

Beside those things that are from the outside, that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the congregations.

But we were gentle when we were with you, like a mother taking care of her children. Having much affection for you, we were well pleased to impart the good news of God to you and also to share our lives with you. You have become very dear to us.

We always pray for you, and thank God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for you.