8 Bible Verses about Affection For God's People

In brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in honor, give each other the preference.

Therefore we have been comforted; but in our comfort we rejoiced still more on account of the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all; for if in anything I have boasted to him of you, I am not put to shame; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, so also our boasting, which we made before Titus, was found to be truth; and his affection is more abundant toward you, while he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

so having a strong affection for you, we were willing to impart to you, not only the gospel of God, but also our own souls, because ye became dear to us.

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

My children, with whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you,

Besides the other troubles, there is that which presseth upon me daily, the anxiety for all the churches.

But we were gentle in the midst of you, even as a nurse cherisheth her own children; so having a strong affection for you, we were willing to impart to you, not only the gospel of God, but also our own souls, because ye became dear to us.

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