8 Bible Verses about Affection For God's People
Most Relevant Verses
Be affectionate in your love for the brotherhood, eager to show one another honor,
That is why I am so comforted. With all my own comfort, I was still more overjoyed at the gladness of Titus, for his mind has been set at rest by you all. If I did express some pride in you to him, I have had no reason to be ashamed of it, but just as all I said to you was true, my boasting before Titus has also proved true. His heart goes out all the more to you, as he recalls how you all obeyed him, and with what reverence and trembling you received him.
That was the kind of affection we had for you, which made us ready to share with you not only God's good news but our own lives too, because you were so dear to us.
For God is my witness how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus himself.
my children??ou for whom I am enduring a mother's pains again, until Christ is formed in you.
And besides everything else, the thing that burdens me every day is my anxiety about all the churches.
We were children when we were with you; we were like a mother nursing her children. That was the kind of affection we had for you, which made us ready to share with you not only God's good news but our own lives too, because you were so dear to us.
