8 Bible Verses about Affection, Of Paul For The Church

For God [is] my witness, that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

My children, for whom I am having birth pains again, until Christ is formed in you!

Apart from these external things, [there is] the pressure on me every day of the anxiety about all the churches.

Therefore, if [there is] any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, complete my joy, so that {you are in agreement}, having the same love, united in spirit, {having one purpose}.

{Although we could have insisted on our own importance} as apostles of Christ, yet we became infants in your midst, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children. Longing for you in this way, we determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own souls, because you had become dear to us.

On account of this, I bend my knees before the Father,

We give thanks always to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ [when we] pray for you,

Because of this I also, hearing of {your faith} in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention in my prayers,