20 Bible Verses about Affection
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We are not holding back [our affections] from you, but you are holding back your affections [from us].
For this reason God allowed [or, abandoned] them to [practice] degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function [i.e., of sex] for what is against nature [i.e., lesbianism].
For God is my witness that I long to see you with the [same] affection that Christ Jesus has [for you].
In your love for your brothers, show tender affection toward one another. Try to outdo one another in showing respect [for each other].
And those persons who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified [i.e., put out of their lives, Col. 3:4ff] the sinful cravings of the body, along with their passionate desires.
lacking in natural affection, unwilling to be reconciled [to their enemies], slanderers, lacking self-control, brutal, haters of what is good,
and brotherly kindness along with your godliness, and with your brotherly kindness, develop love.
The husband should fulfill his [marital] duty to his wife, and the wife should do the same thing for her husband.
So, put to death [i.e., stop practicing the desires of] your physical bodies [such as] sexual immorality, [moral] impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is [in reality] idolatry.
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Affection For God's People
Romans 12:10In your love for your brothers, show tender affection toward one another. Try to outdo one another in showing respect [for each other].
Affection, Evil
Colossians 3:5So, put to death [i.e., stop practicing the desires of] your physical bodies [such as] sexual immorality, [moral] impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is [in reality] idolatry.
Affection, Expressing
Luke 7:38and stood behind Jesus, at His feet, crying. She began wetting His feet with her tears and wiping them dry with the hair of her head. Then she kissed His feet and poured the perfume on them.
Affection, Good
John 11:33-36When Jesus saw her and her Jewish friends, who had come with her, crying, He felt distressed in His spirit and [visibly] troubled [Note: This last word means to shake with emotion, and seems to have been caused by His deep sympathy for these grieving people],
Affection, Kinds Of
Romans 1:31they do not have any sense; they do not keep their promises; they fail to show natural affection; and they are merciless.
Affection, Of Paul For The Church
Philippians 1:8For God is my witness that I long to see you with the [same] affection that Christ Jesus has [for you].
Affections Should Not Grow Cold
Matthew 24:12And because sin will abound, many people will grow cold in their love [for one another].
Heart, Affections Of
2 Peter 2:10[This fate will come upon] those people especially who corrupt themselves with physical desires and despise being ruled by others. They are daring, self-willed, and are not afraid to speak against glorious beings [i.e., angels],
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