29 Bible Verses about Love And Family

The person who loves his father and mother more than me does not deserve me [i.e., to be my disciple]. And the person who loves his son or daughter more than me does not deserve me [i.e., to be my disciple].

[Since] you have purified your souls by [your] obedience to the truth [i.e., the Gospel message], which produces a genuine love for your brothers, [now] you should have this kind of fervent, heartfelt love for one another.

And if you love [only] those who love you, what thanks do you deserve for doing that? For even worldly people love those who love them.

Show [proper] respect for everyone. Love your [Christian] brothers [and sisters]. Have an awe-inspiring respect for God. Show honor to the king.

And may the Lord cause your love for one another, and for everyone, to increase and overflow, just as ours does for you also.

"If anyone comes to me [i.e., to be my disciple], and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers and sisters and, yes, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

So then, we should do the right thing toward every person whenever we have the opportunity, and especially toward people who are part of God's family [i.e., those making up "the faith"].

from whom every family in heaven and on earth receives its name. [Note: Here Paul resumes the prayer he began in verse 1].

But if anyone does not provide for [the needs of] his own [relatives], and especially for his own [immediate] family, he has denied the faith [i.e., the fundamental beliefs of Christianity], and is worse than an unbeliever.

For if you love [only] those who love you, what reward will you get for that? Do not even the publicans [Note: These were people with a bad reputation for their dishonest tax collecting activities] do that much?

For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how will he be able to take care of the church of God?

[In fact] a person's enemies will be members of his own family [i.e., in some cases].

And Jesus said to the disciples, "Truly I tell you, there is no person who has left his house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God [i.e., to become a servant of the Lord],

In your love for your brothers, show tender affection toward one another. Try to outdo one another in showing respect [for each other].

For the husband is the [spiritual] head over his wife, just as Christ is also the [spiritual] head over the church, since He is the Savior of the body.

[This is being written by] the elder to the lady chosen [by God], and to her children [Note: The terms "lady" and "children" here refer to a congregation and the Christians who belong to it. See I Peter 5:13; II John 13], whom I love in the truth. [Note: Perhaps this phrase means "whom I truly love"]. And I am not the only one [to love you], but all those [other congregations] who know the truth [of God], also love you.

[Then] make me completely happy by being like-minded, having the same love [for one another], being united in spirit and having the same purpose.

We love [God and others] because God has first loved us.

But He replied to them, "My mother and my brothers are those people who hear God's word and obey it."

In the same way, though we [Christians] are many, we are one [spiritual] body in [fellowship with] Christ, and each one of us is part of [all] the others.

And this is [the true meaning of] love: That we should live in obedience to God's commandments. And this is the commandment, just as you heard from the beginning, that you should live in it [i.e., live a life of love].

This is the reason that I bow my knees [in prayer] to the Father,

And beyond all these things, clothe yourselves with love, which binds these things together in complete [unity].

Everything you do should be done lovingly.

[He must] manage his own family well and, with dignity, keep his children in subjection [or, "respectful"].

If a person says, "I love God," yet [in reality] hates his brother, he is a liar. For the person who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot [possibly] love God, whom he has never seen.

May there be peace and love, with faith, to the brothers [there] from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister [Mary] and [her brother] Lazarus.

And if you greet [cordially] your brothers only, what are you doing more than other people? Do not even the [unconverted] Gentiles do that much?