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.
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Bible References
Love
Luke 6:27
But to you who hear I say--Love your enemies, show kindness to those who hate you,
Romans 5:8
But God puts his love for us beyond all doubt by the fact that Christ died on our behalf while we were still sinners.
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you do not forget the loving-kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ--how that for your sakes, although he was rich, he became poor, so that you also might become rich through his poverty.
And ye
Matthew 5:44
I, however, say to you--Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,
John 13:35
It is by this that every one will recognize you as my disciples--by your loving one another."
John 15:8
It is by your bearing fruit plentifully, and so showing yourselves my disciples, that my Father is honored.
1 John 3:10
By this the Children of God are distinguished from the Children of the Devil--No one who lives unrighteously comes from God, and especially the man who does not love his Brother.
1 John 4:7
Dear friends, let us love one another, because Love comes from God; and every one who loves has received the new Life from God and knows God.
General references
Matthew 5:44
I, however, say to you--Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,
Luke 6:34
If you lend only to those from whom you expect to get something, what thanks will be due to you? Even the outcast lend to the outcast in the hope of getting as much in return!