Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
The father
Because
Bible References
The father
John 14:21
He who has my commandments and obeys them--he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will clearly reveal myself to him."
John 17:23
I in them and Thou in me; that they may stand perfected in one; that the world may come to understand that Thou didst send me and hast loved them with the same love as that with which Thou hast loved me.
Hebrews 12:6
for those whom the Lord loves He disciplines: and He scourges every son whom He acknowledges."
Jude 1:20
But you, my dearly-loved friends, building yourselves up on the basis of your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
Revelation 3:9
I will cause some belonging to Satan's synagogue who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but are liars--I will make them come and fall at your feet and know for certain that I have loved you.
Because
John 8:42
"If God were your Father," said Jesus, "you would love me; for it is from God that I came and I am now here. I have not come of myself, but *He* sent me.
John 21:15
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others do?" "Yes, Master," was his answer; "you know that you are dear to me." "Then feed my lambs," replied Jesus.
Matthew 10:37
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;
1 Corinthians 16:22
If any one is destitute of love to the Lord, let him be accursed. OUR LORD IS COMING.
2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ overmasters us, the conclusion at which we have arrived being this--that One having died for all, His death was their death,
Ephesians 6:24
May grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with perfect sincerity.
1 Peter 1:8
Him you love, though your eyes have never looked on Him. In Him, though at present you cannot see Him, you nevertheless trust, and triumph with a joy which is unspeakable and is crowned with glory,
1 John 4:19
We love because God first loved us.
And have
John 16:30
Now we know that you have all knowledge, and do not need to be pressed with questions. Through this we believe that you came from God."
John 3:13
There is no one who has gone up to Heaven, but there is One who has come down from Heaven, namely the Son of Man whose home is in Heaven.
John 7:29
I know Him, because I came from Him, and He sent me."
John 17:7
Now they know that whatever Thou hast given me is from Thee.
Romans 8:3
For what was impossible to the Law--powerless as it was because it acted through frail humanity--God effected. Sending His own Son in a body like that of sinful human nature and as a sacrifice for sin, He pronounced sentence upon sin in human nature;
1 Corinthians 15:47
The first man is a man of earth, earthy; the second man is from Heaven.
Galatians 4:4
But, when the time was fully come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born subject to Law,
1 Timothy 1:15
Faithful is the saying, and deserving of universal acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; among whom I stand foremost.