15 Bible Verses about Love to Christ
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whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,
for to me to live is Christ, and to die gain.
in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'
'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;
And he answering said, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'
Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;
and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,
and whoever may keep his word, truly in him the love of God hath been perfected; in this we know that in him we are.
in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;
he who is saying, 'I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;
if any one may say -- 'I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God -- whom he hath not seen -- how is he able to love?
'A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;
The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,
if any one doth not love the Lord Jesus Christ -- let him be anathema! The Lord hath come!
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Love to Christ » Should be » Ardent
Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I am sick with love.
Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings are burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!
Love to Christ » The wicked destitute of
but -- that the word may be fulfilled that was written in their law -- They hated me without a cause.
Mine enemies rejoice not over me with falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Obeying him
he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'
Jesus answered and said to him, 'If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Ministering to him
And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did it.
And there were there many women beholding from afar, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,
Love to Christ » Should be » Even unto death
and Paul answered, 'What do ye -- weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'
and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life -- unto death;
Love to Christ » They who have » Are loved by Christ
he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'
Love to Christ » Promises to
Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.
henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.
Love to Christ » Exhibited by God
While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My Son, -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'
for the Father doth love the Son, and doth shew to him all things that He himself doth; and greater works than these He will shew him, that ye may wonder.
Love to Christ » They who have » Are loved by the father
he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'
for the Father himself doth love you, because me ye have loved, and ye have believed that I from God came forth;
Love to Christ » His personal excellence is deserving of
What is thy beloved above any beloved, O fair among women? What is thy beloved above any beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us? My beloved is clear and ruddy, Conspicuous above a myriad! His head is pure gold -- fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven, read more.
His eyes as doves by streams of water, Washing in milk, sitting in fulness. His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips are lilies, dropping flowing myrrh, His hands rings of gold, set with beryl, His heart bright ivory, covered with sapphires, His limbs pillars of marble, Founded on sockets of fine gold, His appearance as Lebanon, choice as the cedars. His mouth is sweetness -- and all of him desirable, This is my beloved, and this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem!
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Seeking him
-- Pray, let me rise, and go round the city, In the streets and in the broad places, I seek him whom my soul hath loved! -- I sought him, and I found him not.
Love to Christ » Should be » With the soul
Declare to me, thou whom my soul hath loved, Where thou delightest, Where thou liest down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of thy companions?
Love to Christ » Should be » Unquenchable
Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down -- they tread upon it.
Love to Christ » Want of, denounced
if any one doth not love the Lord Jesus Christ -- let him be anathema! The Lord hath come!
Love to Christ » A characteristic of saints
Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!
Love to Christ » His love to us a motive to
for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Joseph of arimathea
And evening having come, there came a rich man, from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled to Jesus, he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back. And having taken the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen, read more.
and laid it in his new tomb, that he hewed in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he went away;
Love to Christ » Increase of, to be prayed for
and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,
Love to Christ » Should be » Sincere
Love to Christ » Pray for grace to those who have
Love to Christ » Decrease of, rebuked
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Preferring him to all others
'He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Taking up the cross for him
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Peter
When, therefore, they dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, 'Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou love me more than these?' he saith to him, 'Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, 'Feed my lambs.' He saith to him again, a second time, 'Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou love me?' he saith to him, 'Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, 'Tend my sheep.' He saith to him the third time, 'Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou dearly love me?' Peter was grieved that he said to him the third time, 'Dost thou dearly love me?' and he said to him, 'Lord, thou hast known all things; thou dost know that I dearly love thee.' Jesus saith to him, 'Feed my sheep;
Love to Christ » Should be » Supreme
'He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,
Love to Christ » Exhibited by saints
whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Mary magdalene
and Mary was standing near the tomb, weeping without; as she was weeping, then, she stooped down to the tomb, and beholdeth two messengers in white, sitting,
Love to Christ » They who have » Enjoy communion with God and Christ
Jesus answered and said to him, 'If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Certain women
and Jesus having turned unto them, said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves weep ye, and for your children;
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Thomas
therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to the fellow-disciples, 'We may go -- we also, that we may die with him,'
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Paul
and Paul answered, 'What do ye -- weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Penitent woman
therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.'
Love to Christ » Should be » In proportion to our mercies
therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.'
Love to Christ » An evidence of adoption
Jesus then said to them, 'If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me;
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