29 Bible Verses about Affection, Expressing

and standing behind at his feet, weeping, began to wet his feet with tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

If then there is any exhortation in Christ, if any encouragement from love, if any partaking of the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,

For God is my witness how much I long for you all in the tender affection of Christ Jesus.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that killeth the prophets, and stoneth those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

But now having no more opportunity in these regions, and having had for many years a great desire to come to you,

For behold this very thing, that your sorrow had respect to God; what earnestness it wrought in you; yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what longing desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what readiness to punish! In every thing ye showed yourselves to be pure in the matter.

I could wish indeed to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am in perplexity about you.

for he was longing after you all, and was much troubled, because ye heard that he was sick.

Therefore, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved.

longing to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.

Ye have not a narrow place in my heart, but ye have a narrow place for me in yours. So then in return, I speak to you as children, let your hearts be enlarged.

And seeing the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered about, as sheep having no shepherd.

And when he came forth, he saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion for them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.

And he arose, and went to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

Clothe yourselves, therefore, as the chosen of God, holy and beloved, with compassionate affections, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Finally, be, all of one mind, have fellow feeling, love as brethren, be compassionate, be humble;

For out of much distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that ye should be made sorrowful, but that ye might know the exceeding love which I have for you.

I have great grief and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish to be myself accursed and cast out from Christ in behalf of my brethren, my kinsmen as to the flesh;

and my trial which was in my flesh ye did not despise nor spurn; but received me as an angel of God, yea, as Christ Jesus. How great then was your boasting of happiness! for I bear you witness, that if possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes, and have given them to me.

I write not these things to shame you, but I am warning you as my beloved children.

and not by his coming only, but by the comfort with which he was comforted in regard to you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal in my behalf; so that I rejoiced the more.

But thanks be to God, who put the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus;

Have ye been thinking this long time that we are defending ourselves to you? It is before God in Christ that we are speaking; but all things, beloved, for your edification.

I fear for you, lest I may have bestowed upon you labor in vain. Brethren, I beseech you, become as I am, for I also have become as ye are; ye injured me in nothing.

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye have revived again in your care for my welfare; for which indeed ye cared before, but lacked opportunity.

This charge I commit to thee, my child Timothy, in accordance with the directions of the prophets before given to thee, that thou mayst in them war the good warfare,