"You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy." "But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you. read more. "So you will become sons of your heavenly Father; for he makes his sun to rise upon sinners as well as saints, and sends rain upon the unjust and the just. "For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you? "Even the tax-gatherers do that, do they not? And if you show courtesy to your brother only, what are you doing more than others? Even the Gentiles do that, do they not? "You then must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect."

"So pray in this way. "Our Father who art in heaven, May thy name be hallowed,

And stretching his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Behold my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, is my brother and sister and mother."

"But you are not to be called 'Rabbi'; for one is your Teacher, and you are all brothers; "and call no one 'Father' on earth, for One is your Father in heaven.

Then Jesus said to them. "Fear not! Go tell my brothers to depart into Galilee, and they will see men there."

I give you a new commandment, Love one another! By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another."

"This is my command, Love one another as I have loved you. "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

"Do not cling to me," said Jesus, "for I am not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, "'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

"Brothers, sons of Abraham's race, and all among you who reverence God, to us has the word of this salvation been sent.

For only those are sons of God who are led by God's Spirit. For you have not received a spirit of slavery in order that you should once more be afraid; but you have received a spirit of adoption, in which we cry out, "My Father, my dear Father!" read more. For his Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are children of God; and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; but to share his glory, we must now be sharing his sufferings.

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, so that he might be the eldest of a great brotherhood;

As for brotherly love, be tenderly affectionate one to another, in honor preferring one another.

Rejoice in hope; be patient under affliction; continue stedfast in prayer. Be liberal to needy saints. Practise hospitality.

If it be possible, so far as it lies with you, be at peace with all men. Never revenge yourself, beloved, but leave the field clear for God's wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord. read more. On the contrary, therefore, If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will be heaping burning coals on his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but be overcoming evil with good.

Never owe any one anything save the debt of brotherly love; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law. For the Law which says, Thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt do no murder, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, thou shalt not covet, and whatever other commandment there be??s all summed up in this one saying, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. read more. Love never wrongs his neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilment of the Law.

Just now I am going to Jerusalem to serve the saints.

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, although they be many, are one body; so also is Christ. And we can see this, for in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jew or Gentile, whether slave or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. read more. For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot should say, "Because I am a hand, I am not part a part the body," would it not indeed be a part of the body? Or if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," would it be any less a part of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where were hearing? If all were hearing, where were smelling? But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body as it has pleased him. If all were one member, where would the body be? But now there are many members, but one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you". nor again of head to the feet, "I have no need for you." On the contrary, we need those members of the body which seem to be weaker; upon those parts of the body which we esteem less honorable, we bestow more abundant honor, and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. For whereas our comely parts have no need, God has tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that member in which lacked; that there should be no disunion in the body, but that members mutual care for one another. When one member suffers, all the others suffer with it; and when one member is honored, all the members are glad with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members of it.

And because you are sons, God sent forth the spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Dear, dear Father!" So each one of you is no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir, too, through God's grace.

because in Christ neither circumcision has any value, nor uncircumcision, but faith which works through love.

For you, brothers, were called for freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for self-indulgence, but in love enslave yourselves to one another. For the whole Law has been fulfilled in this one precept, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. read more. But if you are always biting and devouring one another, take heed lest you be utterly consumed one by another.

But the harvest-fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, and self-control;

So then, as we have opportunity, let is do good to all men, but especially to those who are of the household of faith.

So then, as we have opportunity, let is do good to all men, but especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Take notice then that no longer are you strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household.

Banish from among you all bitterness and passion and anger and clamor and slander, as well as all malice;

and to lead lives of love, just as Christ also loved you and gave himself up for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for "an odor of sweetness."

Over them all bind on love, which is the girdle of completeness.

It is not needed that I should write to you about brotherly love; for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you showed for his cause, in sending help to your fellow Christians, as you are still doing.

Let brotherly love continue.

Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality; for by it some have even entertained angels unawares.

And forget not to be kind and liberal; for with that sort of sacrifice God is well pleased.

Now that by obedience to the truth you have purified your lives for a brotherly love without hypocrisy, you must love one another from your hearts, fervently.

Now that by obedience to the truth you have purified your lives for a brotherly love without hypocrisy, you must love one another from your hearts, fervently.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Reverence God. Honor the Emperor.

Finally, you should all be harmonious, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tender-hearted, humble-minded;

Resist him, standing firm in the faith, knowing well that the same afflictions are being accomplished in your brothers that are in the world.

If God so loved us, beloved, we also ought to love one another. No man has ever gazed on God; but if we love one another, God ever abides in us, and his love is perfected in us. read more. By this we come to know that we are abiding in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit; and we have beheld and do testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. If any man confesses that "Jesus is the Son of God." God is abiding in that man, and he in God. And we do know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love; and he who is abiding in love is abiding in God, and God is abiding in him. In this is love made perfect with us, so that we may have cheerful confidence in the Day of Judgment, because we are living in this world as He lives. Fear does not exist in love; but love, when it is perfect, drives out fear. For fear has always torment, and he who has fear is not yet perfected in love. We love because He loved us first. If any one says, "I love God," and yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot possibly love God, whom he has not seen. And we have this command from God: HE WHO LOVES GOD IS TO LOVE HIS BROTHER ALSO.

saying, "Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and Sardis and Philadelphia and Laodicea."