For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,

But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;

And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

Even so, being full of loving desire for you, we took delight in giving you not only God's good news, but even our lives, because you were dear to us.

False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;

And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.

Go on loving your brothers in the faith.

Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.

Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:

For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,

And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.

But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.