22 Bible Verses about Jesus Christ, Love Of
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It is the love of the Christ which compels us, when we reflect that, as one died for all, therefore all died;
I give you a new commandment--Love one another; love one another as I have loved you.
No one can give greater proof of love than by laying down his life for his friends.
and from Jesus Christ, ' the faithful Witness, the First-born from the dead, and the Ruler of all the Kings of the earth.' To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his own blood--
When he had washed their feet, and had put on his upper garments and taken his place, he spoke to them again. "Do you understand what I have been doing to you?" he asked.
And to understand--though it surpasses all understanding--the love of the Christ; and so be filled to the full with God himself.
We have learned to know what love is from this--that Christ laid down his life on our behalf. Therefore we also ought to lay down our lives on behalf of our Brothers.
For you do not forget the loving-kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ--how that for your sakes, although he was rich, he became poor, so that you also might become rich through his poverty.
[Then Jesus said: "Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing."] His clothes they divided among them by casting lots.
I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
And that is why he is able to save perfectly those who come to God through him, living for ever, as he does, to intercede of their behalf.
For it was not into a Sanctuary made by human hands, which merely foreshadowed the true one, that Christ entered, but into Heaven itself, that he might now appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
Jerusalem! Jerusalem! She who slays the Prophets and stones the messengers sent to her--Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children round me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not came!
But, when he saw the crowds, his heart was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and harassed, 'like sheep without a shepherd';
On getting out of the boat, Jesus saw a great crowd, and his heart was moved at the sight of them; and he cured all the sick among them.
Afterwards Jesus called his disciples to him, and said: "My heart is moved at the sight of all these people, for they have already been with me three days and they have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry, for fear that they should break down on the way."
When he saw her, the Master was moved with compassion for her, and he said to her: "Do not weep."
In fulfillment of these words in the Prophet Isaiah--'He took our infirmities on himself, and bore the burden of our diseases.'
I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.
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Christ » Jesus Christ, Love Of » Sacrificial
I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
And live a life of love, following the example of the Christ, who loved you and gave himself for you as 'an offering and a sacrifice to God, that should be fragrant and acceptable.'
Christ » Jesus Christ, Love Of » Constraining
It is the love of the Christ which compels us, when we reflect that, as one died for all, therefore all died;
Christ » Jesus Christ, Love Of » Manifested by his death
We have learned to know what love is from this--that Christ laid down his life on our behalf. Therefore we also ought to lay down our lives on behalf of our Brothers.
Christ » Jesus Christ, Love Of » Inseparable
Who is there to separate us from the love of the Christ? Will trouble, or difficulty, or persecution, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?
Christ » Jesus Christ, Love Of » Self-sacrificing
No one can give greater proof of love than by laying down his life for his friends.
Christ » Jesus Christ, Love Of » Unchangeable
Before the Passover Festival began, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave the world and go to the Father. He had loved those who were his own in the world, and he loved them to the last.
Christ » Jesus Christ, Love Of » Divine
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