Thematic Bible: Examples of love for Christ


Thematic Bible




But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ -- by grace you are saved! --







Rather it is because of his love for you and his faithfulness to the promise he solemnly vowed to your ancestors that the Lord brought you out with great power, redeeming you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.









You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times.



For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!



I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.


For the music director; by the Lord's servant David, who sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul. He said: "I love you, Lord, my source of strength!



But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb.


So Thomas (called Didymus) said to his fellow disciples, "Let us go too, so that we may die with him."


Jesus said a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you." Jesus told him, "Shepherd my sheep."




Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much; but the one who is forgiven little loves little."


Then Mary took three quarters of a pound of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus. She then wiped his feet dry with her hair. (Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.)


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