Thematic Bible: The love of God


Thematic Bible



If a person says, "I love God," yet [in reality] hates his brother, he is a liar. For the person who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot [possibly] love God, whom he has never seen. Verse ConceptsLiesLoveHatredLove To Others, Evidence OfNot Seeing GodNot Loving GodSeeing PeopleThose Who Are LiarsUnlovingBrotherhood Of ManLove to ChristLoving YourselfHateSiblingsGod's Love For UsLove And FamilyTrue LoveBeing LovedLoving One AnotherBrothers LoveThose Loving GodSibling Loveloving




nor [things] above, nor [things] below, nor any [other] created thing will be able to separate us from God's love [for us], revealed through Christ Jesus our Lord [Note: The idea of this passage is "Regardless of what happens to us, God still loves us"]. Verse ConceptsdepthLove, Nature OfChrist, Names ForAgape LoveSpiritual DepthsNothing MissingGod's Love For UsGod's Creation


For we [Christians] were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various kinds of [evil] desires and [sinful] pleasures. [We used to] live in malice and envy, hating people and being hated by them. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior toward mankind appeared, He saved us, not because of any good deeds we ourselves had done, but because of His mercy. [He saved us] through the washing of new birth [Note: This refers to our immersion in water] and the renewing [work] of the Holy Spirit,