8 Bible Verses about Affection, Of Paul For The Church
Most Relevant Verses
you for whom I am again, as it were, undergoing the pains of childbirth, until Christ is fully formed within you.
And besides other things, which I pass over, there is that which presses on me daily--my anxiety for all the Churches.
If then I can appeal to you as the followers of Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love and any common sharing of the Spirit, or if you have any tender-heartedness and compassion, make my joy complete by being of one mind, united by mutual love, with harmony of feeling giving your minds to one and the same object.
On the contrary, in our relations to you we showed ourselves as gentle as a mother is when she tenderly nurses her own children. Seeing that we were thus drawn affectionately towards you, it would have been a joy to us to have imparted to you not only God's Good News, but to have given our very lives also, because you had become very dear to us.
We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, constantly praying for you as we do,
For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your love for all God's people, offer never ceasing thanks on your behalf while I make mention of you in my prayers.
