9 Bible Verses about Affection For God's People

As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.

Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.

Therefore we are comforted. And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. For whatever boasts I made to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boasting before Titus has proved true. And his affection for you is even greater, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling.

So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.

For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

my little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!

And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,