8 Bible Verses about Affection, Of Paul For The Church
Most Relevant Verses
God will bear me witness how I yearn over you all with the tenderness of Christ Jesus.
You for whom I am again enduring a mother's pains, till a likeness to Christ shall have been formed in you.
And, not to speak of other things, there is my daily burden of anxiety about all the Churches.
If, then, any encouragement comes through union with Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if there is any communion with the Spirit, if there is any tenderness or pity, I entreat you to make my happiness complete--Live together animated by the same spirit and in mutual love, one in heart, animated by one Spirit.
But we lived among you with the simplicity of a child; we were like a woman nursing her own children. In our strong affection for you, that seemed to us the best way of sharing with you, not only God's Good news, but our very lives as well--so dear had you become to us.
Whenever we pray, we never fail to thank God, the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, about you,
And therefore I, ever since I heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your confidence in all Christ's People, Have never omitted to thank God on your behalf, whenever I make mention of you in my prayers.
