26 Bible Verses about Family Love

[Since] you have purified your souls by [your] obedience to the truth [i.e., the Gospel message], which produces a genuine love for your brothers, [now] you should have this kind of fervent, heartfelt love for one another.

The person who loves his father and mother more than me does not deserve me [i.e., to be my disciple]. And the person who loves his son or daughter more than me does not deserve me [i.e., to be my disciple].

from whom every family in heaven and on earth receives its name. [Note: Here Paul resumes the prayer he began in verse 1].

So then, we should do the right thing toward every person whenever we have the opportunity, and especially toward people who are part of God's family [i.e., those making up "the faith"].

And if you love [only] those who love you, what thanks do you deserve for doing that? For even worldly people love those who love them.

Show [proper] respect for everyone. Love your [Christian] brothers [and sisters]. Have an awe-inspiring respect for God. Show honor to the king.

"If anyone comes to me [i.e., to be my disciple], and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers and sisters and, yes, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

[In fact] a person's enemies will be members of his own family [i.e., in some cases].

In your love for your brothers, show tender affection toward one another. Try to outdo one another in showing respect [for each other].

But if anyone does not provide for [the needs of] his own [relatives], and especially for his own [immediate] family, he has denied the faith [i.e., the fundamental beliefs of Christianity], and is worse than an unbeliever.

[Then] make me completely happy by being like-minded, having the same love [for one another], being united in spirit and having the same purpose.

This is the reason that I bow my knees [in prayer] to the Father,

For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how will he be able to take care of the church of God?

May there be peace and love, with faith, to the brothers [there] from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

And Jesus said to the disciples, "Truly I tell you, there is no person who has left his house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God [i.e., to become a servant of the Lord],

For from now on there will be a household of five persons divided [against one another], three against two and two against three.

Look at how much love the Father has shown to us [Christians], that we should be called His children! But, that is what we [really] are! The reason the people of the world do not know who we are is because they do not know who God [really] is.

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister [Mary] and [her brother] Lazarus.

But you will be turned over [i.e., to the authorities for punishment] even by [your own] parents and brothers and relatives and friends. And they will [even] put some of you to death.

But He replied to them, "My mother and my brothers are those people who hear God's word and obey it."

Unearned favor, mercy and peace will be with us from God, the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, in truth and love [i.e., truth and love will accompany the other blessings].

And this is [the true meaning of] love: That we should live in obedience to God's commandments. And this is the commandment, just as you heard from the beginning, that you should live in it [i.e., live a life of love].

And beyond all these things, clothe yourselves with love, which binds these things together in complete [unity].

And if you greet [cordially] your brothers only, what are you doing more than other people? Do not even the [unconverted] Gentiles do that much?

[He must] manage his own family well and, with dignity, keep his children in subjection [or, "respectful"].

[At that time] a person will turn his brother over to be killed, and the father [will do the same to] his child. And children will rebel against their parents and turn them over to be killed.