You have heard that it hath been said, "you shall love your neighbour, and hate your enemy:"

but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who traduce you, and persecute you:

but if you love only them who love you, what reward can ye have? do not the heathens themselves do as much?

no man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will be attach'd to the one, and neglectful of the other. ye cannot serve God and Mamon.

he that is meant by the thorny ground, where other seed fell, is one that heareth the word: which by cares of this life, and the deceitful love of riches, is soon stifled, and becomes unfruitful:

honour thy father and thy mother: and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

Jesus said to him, "thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind."

and the second has an affinity with it, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self."

but the cares of this life, the deceitful love of riches, and a crowd of different passions, stifle the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

for he that would save his life, shall lose it; and he that would lose his life out of love to me and the gospel, he shall save it.

Jesus answered him, I declare unto you, there is not a man who has forsaken his house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, out of love to me and to the gospel,

you shall therefore love the lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, to the utmost of your understanding, and all your faculties." this is the first commandment.

and the second, which has an affinity to it, is this: "you shall love your neighbour as yourself." there is no other commandment greater than these.

and to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, with all its faculties, and to love one's neighbour as one's self is more acceptable than all the offerings and sacrifices in the world.

But as for you, who hear me, love your enemies: do good to those, who hate you: bless those, who curse you:

for if you only love those, who love you, where's the obligation? the very heathen return love for love.

but as for you, love your enemies, do good, and lend without expecting any advantage from it: so shall your reward be great, in acting like the children of the most high: for he is kind to the most ungrateful wretches.

having not wherewithal to pay it, he freely discharged them both of the debt. tell me now, which of the two will love him most?

wherefore, I tell you, her sins, which are numerous, are forgiven; and that is the reason of all this love: but his love is less, to whom less is forgiven.

for whoever would save his life, shall lose it: and he that would lose his life, out of love to me, shall save it.

he replied, 'tis thus, "thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy strength, and with all thy understanding; and thy neighbour as thy self."

for this I know of you, that you are not possess'd with any love for God.

Jesus said to them, if God were your father, ye would love me: for I was commissioned by God to come; I did not come of my self, but he sent me.

you, who have the devil for your father, will execute the designs of your father: he was a murderer from the beginning, and deserted the truth, since he has no love for the truth: when he lyes, he speaks like himself: for he is a lyar, and the father of a lyar.

therefore doth my father love me, because I lay down my life, but I shall reassume it.

his two sisters therefore sent this message to Jesus; he, Lord, whom you love, is sick.

a new commandment I give unto you, "that ye love one another; that you would have the same love for one another as I have had for you."

by this mutual love shall all men know that you are my disciples.

if ye love me, keep my commandments.

he that hath received my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me, shall be beloved by my father, and I will love him, and shew my self unto him.

Jesus answered him, he that loves me, will observe my precepts: and my father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

he does not love me, who does not observe my precepts: for the doctrine which you have heard, is not mine, but the father's who sent me.

not that he has any thing against me, but that the world may know that I love the father, by my executing the commands which my father gave me: arise, let us go hence.

as the father has loved me, and I have loved you: so do you persevere in your love to me.

your love to me will be in keeping my commandments: even as I love my father by keeping his commandments.

this is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

there cannot be greater love than that of a man, who lays down his life for his friends.

Above all I enjoin you, to love one another.

if you were of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world does hate you.

father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am going; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me: for thou didst love me before the foundation of the world; yet,

to them I have declared thy name, and will declare it: that thou mayst love them as thou hast loved me, and I have loved them."

So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, do you love me more than these do? yes, Lord, said he, you know that I love you. Jesus reply'd, feed my lambs.

then he ask'd him the second time, Simon son of Jonas do you love me? yes, Lord, said he; you know that I love you. Jesus reply'd, feed my sheep.

Jesus said to him the third time, Simon son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved at his asking him the third time, "do you love me?" and he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, feed my sheep.

now hope will not deceive us, because the love of God is diffused thro' our hearts, by the holy spirit which is given to us;

but herein hath God displayed his love towards us, in that Christ died for us, even while we were yet sinners.

We know too, that all things co-operate for the good of those who love God, who, pursuant to his purpose, has now called them:

what shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or penury, or peril, or sword?

neither the high, nor the low, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God by Christ Jesus our Lord.

Let love be without dissimulation. abhor that which is evil, adhere to that which is good.

Owe no man any thing, but mutual love: for he that

thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self." the benevolent never does wrong to his neighbour: therefore benevolence is the fulfilling of the law.

now if your brother be endanger'd by your eating, you violate the obligations of love: for such a matter as eating, will you risk his life, for whom Christ died?

in the mean time, I conjure you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the spirit, that you join with me in earnest prayers to God for me;

but, as it is written, "eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entred into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."

but if a man love God, the same is taught by him.

If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accurst.

present my love to every christian among you. amen.

to this I am urg'd by the love I bear to Christ, persuaded as I am, that if one died for all, then were all in a dying state: and that he died for all,

wherefore show how much you love them, and how well you deserve the character I gave you, before all the churches.

why so? is it because I love you not? far otherwise, God knows.

I shall be glad to sacrifice myself and all I have for your service, even tho' it should happen that the more I love you, the less I should be beloved.

Finally, brethren, be cheerful: redress yourselves, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

the favour of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communication of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. amen.

for, brethren, you have been called to liberty. only abuse not this freedom as a pretext to vice, but in offices of love be as servants one to another.

for all the law is comprehended in this one precept, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

but the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, sweetness of disposition, beneficence, faithfulness, meekness, temperance:

Wherefore having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and of your love to all christians,

then it was that God, who is rich in mercy, thro' his great love, wherewith he loved us,

and be sensible of his exceeding love, in giving you the knowledge of Christ, that you may be filled with all the supplies of divine bounty.

with all humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another in love;

but being sincere in mutual love, may be entirely united to Christ, who is the head:

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as his dear children; live together in love,

You husband, love your spouse, even as Christ loved the church, and laid down his life for her:

in like manner ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies: "he that loves his wife, loveth himself."

wherefore let every one of you without exception, love his wife even as himself; and let the wife respect her husband.

grace be with all those that have love uncorrupted for our Lord Jesus Christ. amen.

for God is my witness, that I love you with a christian tenderness.

compleat my joy, by pursuing the same view, living in mutual love, by being unanimous, and cultivating that harmony.

who also declared to us the love you bear to us upon a spiritual account.

that their hearts might be comforted, and that being firmly united in love, they might possess the highest and fullest persuasion of the truth of this doctrine, by entring into this mystery, even of God the father, and of Christ,

to all this add love, which is the band of perfect union:

husbands, love your wives, and do not exasperate them.

Our affection therefore to you being so great, we were as ready to give our lives for you, as we were to communicate the divine gospel to you, so much did you engage our love.

may the Lord make you increase and abound in mutual love, in love towards all men, as we do towards you:

As to brotherly love, I have no occasion to write about it, God himself having instructed you to love one another.

We are oblig'd, my brethren, to render thanks to God continually upon your account, as it is but just; since your faith still improves, and your mutual love is always increasing.

themselves to temptations and snares, and to many foolish noxious passions, which plunge men into ruin and perdition. for the love of money is the root of all evil:

for Damas, out of love to this world has abandon'd me, and is gone to Thessalonica: Crescens, to Galatia: and Titus, to Dalmatia.

but to lectures on virtue, that they may teach the young women prudence, to love their husbands,

to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, good oeconimists, beneficent, submissive to their husbands,

but when the kindness and love of God our saviour display'd itself to mankind,

and thank my God for the account I have of your faith in the Lord Jesus and the love you bear to all the saints;

I have sent him back, therefore receive him as one that I tenderly love.

for God is too just to his promise not to regard your piety, and the love which you have shewn to the christian religion by the assistance ye have given to the saints, and still continue to give.

and let us animate one another to the mutual returns of love, and kind offices: not abandoning our assemblies,

Let brotherly love still reign.

happy is he that can stand the tryal: for when he has undergone the test, he shall receive that crown of life which the Lord has promised to those that love him.

consider, my dear brethren, has not God chose the poor of this world to be rich by faith, and to inherit the kingdom he has promised to those who love him?

If, agreeably to the scriptures, you observe that royal law, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self," you do well.