66 Bible Verses about Love, For One Another
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For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.
The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.
So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
“This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Now as to the love of the brethren, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;
If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,
This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.
And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.
“Do we not all have one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
For through your knowledge he who is weak is ruined, the brother for whose sake Christ died. And so, by sinning against the brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.
We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.
He who conceals a transgression seeks love,
But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,
Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us.
I will most gladly spend and be expended for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was deficient in your service to me.
But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked opportunity.
constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,
naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him.
and that which was a trial to you in my bodily condition you did not despise or loathe, but you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself.
For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;
“If there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother; but you shall freely open your hand to him, and shall generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks.
But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?
Then Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.
Then he fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. He kissed all his brothers and wept on them, and afterward his brothers talked with him.
And they began to weep aloud and embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him,
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.
Greet one another with a kiss of love.Peace be to you all who are in Christ.
When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he led out his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative Lot with his possessions, and also the women, and the people.
Then Moses returned to the Lord, and said, “Alas, this people has committed a great sin, and they have made a god of gold for themselves. But now, if You will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out from Your book which You have written!”
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
And a centurion’s slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die. When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders asking Him to come and save the life of his slave. When they came to Jesus, they earnestly implored Him, saying, “He is worthy for You to grant this to him;read more.
for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue.” Now Jesus started on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, “Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof;
But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.read more.
Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.’ Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?” And he said, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do the same.”
And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them.
And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
grieving especially over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they were accompanying him to the ship.
who for my life risked their own necks, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.
For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints,
For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
Therefore, my beloved brethren whom I long to see, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains; but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me—
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.read more.
But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer;
My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you—
But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children. Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us.
for this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith; for now we really live, if you stand firm in the Lord. For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice before our God on your account,read more.
as we night and day keep praying most earnestly that we may see your face, and may complete what is lacking in your faith?
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