8 Bible Verses about Affection, Of Paul For The Church

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

my little children, for whom I am in travail again, until Christ be formed in you!

Apart from those things without, that which is a pressure upon me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies.

If there is, therefore, any consolation in Christ, if any encouragement of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender affections and compassions, fill ye up my joy, that ye think the same thing; having the same love; united in soul; minding the one thing;

But we became gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherishes her own children: so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not only the Gospel of God, but also our own souls, because ye became dear to us.

For this cause I bow my knees to the Father,

We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

On this account I also, having heard of the faith, on your part, in the Lord Jesus, and the love which ye show towards all the saints, cease not to give thanks on your behalf, making mention of you in my prayers;