Luke 6:35

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

Love

And ye

1 John 4:7

General references

Bible References

Love

"But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

"'If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident.

All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, and his children are blessed.

It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.

The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.

A generous person will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor.

But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

And ye

But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,

Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples -- if you have love for one another."

My Father is honored by this, that you bear much fruit and show that you are my disciples.

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness -- the one who does not love his fellow Christian -- is not of God.

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.

General references

So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest.

But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full.