26 Bible Verses about Family Love

Now that, through your obedience to the truth, you have purified your souls for cherishing sincere brotherly love, you must love another heartily and fervently.

Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

from whom the whole family in Heaven and on earth derives its name,

So then, as we have opportunity, let us labour for the good of all, and especially of those who belong to the household of the faith.

"If you love those who love you, what credit is it to you? Why, even bad men love those who love them.

Honour every one. Love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the Emperor.

"If any one is coming to me who does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

and a man's own family will be his foes.

As for brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in matters of worldly honour, yield to one another.

But if a man makes no provision for those dependent on him, and especially for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is behaving worse than an unbeliever.

united by mutual love, with harmony of feeling giving your minds to one and the same object.

For this reason, on bended knee I beseech the Father,

(If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he have the Church of God given into his care?)

Peace be to the brethren, and love combined with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

"I solemnly tell you," replied Jesus, "that there is no one who has left house or wife, or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of God's Kingdom,

For from this time there will be in one house five persons split into parties. Three will form a party against two and two will form a party against three;

See what marvellous love the Father has bestowed upon us--that we should be called God's children: and that is what we are. For this reason the world does not recognize us--because it has not known Him.

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, friends; and some of you they will put to death.

"My mother and my brothers," He replied, "are these who hear God's Message and obey it."

Grace, mercy and peace will be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

The love of which I am speaking consists in our living in obedience to God's commands. God's command is that you should live in obedience to what you all heard from the very beginning.

And over all these put on love, which is the perfect bond of union;

And if you salute only your near relatives, what praise is due to you? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

but ruling his own household wisely and well, with children kept under control with true dignity.

Brother will betray brother to death, and father, child; and children will rise against their own parents and will put them to death.