"You have heard that it was said, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

For if you practice loving only those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even the tax-collectors practice that?

"Also, whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, to attract the attention of people. I solemnly say to you, they already have their reward.

No one can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and money.

You must practice honoring your father and mother. And you must love your neighbor as you do yourself."

And He answered him, "'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole mind.'

The second is like it: 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.'

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint and dill and cummin, and yet leave out the more vital matters of the law, justice, love and fidelity. These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have left out the former.

and because of the increasing crime wave, most people's love will grow cold.

and you must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole mind, and your whole strength.'

And this is the second, 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.' No other command is greater than these."

and to love Him with one's whole heart, one's whole understanding, and one's whole strength, and to love one's neighbor as one loves himself is far more than all the burnt-offerings and sacrifices."

Now if you practice loving only those who love you, what credit do you get for that? Why, even notorious sinners practice loving those who love them.

Since they could not pay him, he graciously canceled the debts for both of them. Now which one of them will love him more?"

Then he answered, "You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole strength, and your whole mind, and your neighbor as you do yourself."

But a curse on you Pharisees, because you pay tithes on mint, rue, and every tiny garden herb, but neglect justice and the love of God! These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have neglected the former.

No house-servant can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

"Beware of the scribes who like to go about in long robes and love to be saluted with honor in public places, to be seated in the front seats in the synagogues, and to occupy the places of honor at banquets --

but I am sure that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.

Then Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. No, indeed, I have not come on my own authority, but He has sent me.

So the sisters sent this message to Jesus, "Lord, listen! the one you love so well is sick."

I give you a new command, to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you too must love one another.

By this everybody will know that you are my disciples, if you keep on showing love for one another."

"If you really love me, you will keep my commands.

Whoever continues to hold and keep my commands is the one who really loves me, and whoever really loves me will be loved by my Father; yes, I will love him myself and will make myself real to him."

Jesus answered him, "If anyone really loves me, he will observe my teaching, and my Father will love him, and both of us will come in face-to-face fellowship with him; yes, we will make our special dwelling place with him.

Whoever does not really love me does not observe my teaching; and yet the teaching which you are listening to is not mine but comes from the Father who has sent me.

but he is coming that the world may know that I love the Father and am doing what the Father has ordered me to do. Get up and let us go away."

I have loved you just as the Father has loved me. You must remain in my love.

If you continue to keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in His love.

No one can show greater love than this, the giving of his life for his friends.

If you belonged to the world, the world would love what is its own. But it is because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, that the world hates you.

for the Father tenderly loves you Himself, because you now tenderly love me and now believe that I have come from the Father.

and I made known to them your very self, and I will make you known still further, so that the love which you have shown to me may be felt in them, and I in union with them."

So that disciple whom Jesus used to love tenderly said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he belted on his fisherman's coat, for he had taken it off, and plunged into the sea.

After they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than you are to these things?" Peter answered Him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I tenderly love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs."

Jesus again said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, are you really devoted to me?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I tenderly love you." Jesus said to him, "Then be a shepherd to my sheep."

For the third time Jesus asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you really tenderly love me?" Peter was hurt because Jesus the third time asked him, "Do you really tenderly love me?" So he answered Him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I do tenderly love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my sheep.

conscienceless, treacherous, with no human love or pity.

and hope never disappoints us; for through the Holy Spirit that has been given us, God's love has flooded our hearts.

But God proves His love for us by the fact that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.

Who can separate us from Christ's love? Can suffering or misfortune or persecution or hunger or destitution or danger or the sword?

nor evil forces above or beneath, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God as shown in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Your love must be true. You must always turn in horror from what is wrong, but keep on holding to what is right.

In brotherly love be affectionate to one another, in personal honors put one another to the fore,

Stop owing anybody anything, except the obligation to love one another, for whoever practices loving others has perfectly satisfied the law.

For the commandments, "You must not commit adultery; you must not murder; you must not steal; you must not have an evil desire," and any other commandment if there is any, are summed up in this command, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself."

Love never does a wrong to one's neighbor; so love is the perfect satisfaction of the law.

For if your brother is hurt because of the food you eat, you are not living by the standard of love. Stop ruining, by what you eat, the man for whom Christ died.

Now I beg you, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love that the Spirit inspires, to wrestle with me in prayers to God on my behalf,

But, as the Scripture says, they are: "Things which eye has never seen and ear has never heard, and never have occurred to human hearts, which God prepared for those who love Him."

Now about the foods that have been sacrificed to idols: We know that every one of us has some knowledge of the matter. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

If I could speak the languages of men, of angels too, and have no love, I am only a rattling pan or a clashing cymbal.

If I should have the gift of prophecy, And know all secret truths, and knowledge in its every form, and have such perfect faith that I could move mountains, but have no love, I am nothing.

If I should dole out everything I have for charity, and give my body up to torture in mere boasting pride, but have no love, I get from it no good at all.

Love is so patient and so kind; love never boils with jealousy; it never boasts, is never puffed with pride;

Love never fails; if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if now exist ecstatic speakings, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will soon be set aside;

And so these three, faith, hope, and love endure, but the greatest of them is love.

Keep on pursuing love, but still keep cultivating your spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophesying.

let everything be done in love.

A curse upon anyone who does not love the Lord! Our Lord is coming.

My love be with you all in union with Christ Jesus.

For out of great sorrow and distress of heart, yes, while shedding many tears, I wrote you, not to make you sad but to make you realize that my love for you continues running over.

So I beg you in your love to reinstate him entirely.

For the love of Christ continuously constrains me, because I am convinced that as One died for all, all have died,

through my personal purity, my knowledge, my patience, my kindness; through the Holy Spirit, my genuine love,

O Corinthians, my tongue is telling you everything; my heart is stretched with love for you.

To pay me back, I tell you, my children, you too must stretch your hearts with love for me.

Yes, just as you are growing rich in everything else, in faith, expression, knowledge, perfect enthusiasm, and the love inspired in you by us, you must see to it that you grow rich in this gracious contribution too.

I am not saying this in the spirit of a command, but I am simply trying to test the genuineness of your love by the enthusiasm of others.

So you must furnish them, before all the churches, proof of your love and ground for my praising you so highly.

So I have thought it necessary to urge these brothers to visit you ahead of me and get your promised love-offering ready beforehand, so as to have it ready as a real love-offering, not as one grasped and grudgingly given.

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do.

So in my own case, I will most happily spend my money and myself for your sakes. If I love you much more than I love others, am I to be loved less by you?

The spiritual blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the common sharing of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

For in union with Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor lack of it counts for anything; but only faith that is spurred on to action by love.

For you, brothers, were called to freedom; only you must not let your freedom be an excuse for the gratification of your lower nature, but in love be slaves to one another.

For the whole law is summed up in one saying, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself."

But the product of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Through Him He picked us out before the creation of the world, to be consecrated and above reproach in His sight in love.

But God, who is so rich in mercy on account of the great love He has for us,

and that Christ in His love, through your faith, may make His permanent home in your hearts. You must be deeply rooted, your foundations must be strong,

yes, to come at last to know the love of Christ, although it far surpasses human understanding, so that you may be filled with the perfect fullness of God.

But, on the other hand, we shall go on holding to the truth and in love growing up into perfect union with Him, that is, Christ Himself who is the Head.

For it is under His direction that the whole body is perfectly adjusted and united by every joint that furnishes its supplies; and by the proper functioning of each particular part there is brought about the growing of the body for its building up in love.

and practice living in love, just as Christ loved you too and gave Himself for you as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

You married men must love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her,

This is the way married men ought to love their wives, as they do their own bodies. The married man who loves his wife is really loving himself,

But each one of you married men must love his wife as he loves himself, and the married woman, too, must respect her husband.

Peace to the brothers and love with faith, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Spiritual blessing be with all who have an undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.

And it is my prayer that your love may overflow still more and more, directed by fuller knowledge and keener insight,

the latter, indeed, are doing so from love to me, for they know that I am providentially put here to defend the good news;

So, if there is any appeal in our union with Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if we have any common share in the Spirit, if you have any tenderheartedness and sympathy,

fill up my cup of joy by living in harmony, by fostering the same disposition of love, your hearts beating in unison, your minds set on one purpose.

because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all God's people,

he is the very one who told me of the love awakened in you by the Spirit.

that their hearts may be encouraged, by having been knit together in love and by having atoned to the full assurance of understanding, so that they may finally reach the fullest knowledge of the open secret, Christ Himself,

And over all these qualities put on love, which is the tie of perfection that binds us together.

You husbands must continue to love your wives and stop being harsh with them.