29 Bible Verses about Love And Family

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Now that, by your obedience to the Truth, you have purified your lives, so that there is growing up among you a genuine brotherly affection, love one another earnestly with all your hearts;

If you love only those who love you, what thanks will be due to you? Why, even the outcast love those who love them!

Show honour to every one, Love the Brotherhood, 'revere God, honour the emperor.'

And for you, may the Lord fill you to overflowing with love for one another and for every one, just as we are filled with love for you;

"If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and his very life, he can be no disciple of mine.

Therefore, I say, as the opportunity occurs, let us treat every one with kindness, and especially members of the Household of the Faith.

From whom all 'fatherhood' in Heaven and on earth derives its name--

Any one who fails to provide for his own relations, and especially for those under his own roof, has disowned the Faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

For, if you love only those who love you, what reward will you have? Even the tax-gatherers do this!

If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how can he take charge of the Church of God?

A man's enemies will be the members of his own household.'

"I tell you," he answered, "that there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, on account of the Kingdom of God,

In brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in showing respect, set an example of deference to one another;

For a man is the Head of his wife, as the Christ is the Head of the Church--being indeed himself the Savior of his Body.

To an eminent Christian Lady, and to her Children, from the Officer of the Church. I sincerely love you all, and not I only, but also all those who have learned to know the Truth.

I entreat you to make my happiness complete--Live together animated by the same spirit and in mutual love, one in heart, animated by one Spirit.

We love, because God first loved us.

His reply, spoken to them all, was: "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's teaching and do what it bids."

So we, by our union in Christ, many though we are, form but one body, and individually we are related one to another as its parts.

And this is love--to live in obedience to the Father's commands. This is the Command as you learned from the first, to live in a spirit of love.

For this reason, then, I kneel before the Father--

Over all these virtues put on love; for that is the girdle which makes all complete.

Let everything you do be done in a loving spirit.

he should be a man who rules his own household well, and whose children are kept under control and are well-behaved.

If a man says 'I love God,' and yet hates his Brother, he is a liar; for the man who does not love his Brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

May God, the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ give our Brothers peace, and love linked with faith.

Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.

And, if you show courtesy to your brothers only, what are you doing more than others? Even the Gentiles do this!