66 Bible Verses about Love, For One Another
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For all the law is fulfilled in one word, which is this, "Thou shalt love thine neighbour as thyself."
Thou shalt not avenge thyself nor bear hate in thy mind against the children of thy people, but shalt love thy neighbour even as thyself. I am the LORD.
But let the stranger that dwelleth with you be as one of your selves, and love him as thy self, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
Love therefore the stranger, for ye were strangers yourselves in the land of Egypt.
And there is another like unto this: 'Thou shalt love thine neighbor as thyself.'
And the second is like unto this, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor, as thyself.' There is none other commandment greater than these."
But as touching brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto you. For ye are taught of God to love one another.
If ye fulfil the royal law - according to the scripture which saith, "Thou shalt love thine neighbour as thyself" - ye do well.
And forasmuch as ye have purified your souls through the spirit, in obeying the truth for to love brotherly without feigning, see that ye love one another with a pure heart, fervently:
See that ye honour all men. Love brotherly fellowship, fear God, and honour the King.
And this is his commandment, that we believe on the name of his son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave commandment.
And this commandment have we of him: that he which loveth God, should love his brother also.
Have we not all one father? Hath not one God made us? Why doth every one of us then despise his own brother, and so break the covenant of our fathers?
And so through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish for whom Christ died. When ye sin so against the brethren and wound their weak consciences, ye sin against Christ. Wherefore if meat hurt my brother, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, because I will not hurt my brother.
Hereby are we assured of love: because he left his life for us: And therefore we ought also to give our lives for our brethren.
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye shall have love one to another."
He that loveth his brother, abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of offending in him.
We know that we are translated from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death.
Dearly beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God. And all that love are born of God, and knoweth God.
But above all things, have fervent love among you. For love covereth the multitude of sins.
Whoso covereth another man's offense, seeketh love; but he that discloseth the fault, setteth friends at variance.
in all humbleness of mind, and meekness, and long suffering, forbearing one another through love,
so was our affection toward you. Our good will was to have dealt unto you, not the gospel of God only: but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
He is a friend that always loveth, and in adversity a man shall know who is his brother.
I will very gladly bestow, and will be bestowed for your souls: though the more I love you, the less I am loved again.
Brethren, ye were called into liberty, only let not your liberty be an occasion unto the flesh but in love serve one another.
because that for the work of Christ he went so far, that he was nigh unto death, and regarded not his life, to fulfill that service which was lacking on your part toward me.
I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at the last ye are revived again to care for me in that wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
without ceasing, and call to remembrance your work in the faith, and labour in love and perseverance in the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God our father:
Now when Job's friends heard of all the trouble that happened to him, there came three of them, every one from his own place: namely, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they were agreed together to come, to shew their compassion on him, and to comfort him.
And my temptation which I suffered by reason of my flesh, ye despised not, neither abhorred, but received me as an angel of God: yea as Christ Jesus.
For I was a hungered, and ye gave me meat. I thirsted, and ye gave me drink. I was harborless, and ye lodged me. I was naked and ye clothed me.
When one of thy brethren among you is waxed poor in any of thy cities within thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, see that thou harden not thine heart nor shut to thine hand from thy poor brother: But open thine hand unto him and lend him sufficient for his need which he hath.
He, then, that hath the substance of the world, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his compassion from him: how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.
And he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. Moreover, he kissed all his brethren and wept upon them. And after that, his brethren talked with him.
And they wept all abundantly, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him:
Salute one another among yourselves with a holy kiss. The congregations of Christ salute you.
All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with a holy kiss.
Greet ye one another with the kiss of love. Peace be with you all which are in Christ Jesus. Amen. {Here ends the First General Epistle of Peter}
When Abram heard that his brother was taken, he harnessed his servants born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and followed till they came at Dan. And set himself and his servants in array, and fell upon them by night, and smote them, and chased them away unto Hobah, which lieth on the lefthand of Damascus, and brought again all the goods and also his brother Lot, and his goods; the women also and the people.
And Moses went again unto the LORD and said, "O, this people have sinned a great sin and have made them a god of gold: Yet forgive them their sin, I pray thee: If not, wipe me out of thy book which thou hast written."
And Jonathan and David bound themselves the one to the other, for Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
And the servant of a certain Centurion was sick, and ready to die, whom he made much of. And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. And they came to Jesus and besought him instantly, saying, "He is worthy that thou shouldest do this for him.read more.
For he loveth our nation, and hath built us a synagogue." And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the Centurion sent to him his friends, saying unto him, "Lord trouble not thyself, for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof.
He, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, "Who is then my neighbor?" Jesus answered and said, "A certain man descended from Jerusalem into Jericho; And fell into the hands of thieves, which robbed him of his raiment and wounded him, and departed leaving him half dead. And by chance, there came a certain priest that same way, and when he saw him, he passed by.read more.
And likewise a Levite, when he was come nigh to the place, went and looked on him, and passed by. Then a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came nigh unto him: and when he saw him, had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, and poured in wine, and oil, and put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and made provision for him. And on the morrow, when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host and said unto him, 'Take care of him, and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again I will recompense thee.' Which now of these three, thinkest thou was neighbor unto him that fell into the thieves hands?" And he said, "He that showed mercy on him." Then said Jesus unto him, "Go and do thou likewise."
And the multitude of them that believed, were of one heart; And of one soul. Also, none of them said that any of the things which he possessed was his own: But had all things common.
And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds, and was baptised, with all that belonged unto him, straightway.
sorrowing, most of all, for the words, which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.
which have for my life laid down their own necks. Unto which not I only give thanks: but also the congregations of the gentiles.
For in great affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears: not to make you sorry, but that ye might perceive the love which I have most specially unto you.
Wherefore even I - after that I heard of the faith which ye have in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints -
For God beareth me record how greatly I long after you all from the very heart-root in Jesus Christ.
Therefore my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so continue in the Lord, ye beloved.
The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: but when he was at Rome he sought me out very diligently, and found me.
Blessed be God the father of our Lord Jesus the Christ, father of mercy, and the God of all comfort, which comforteth us in all our tribulation, insomuch that we are able to comfort them which are troubled, in whatsoever tribulation it be, with the same comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the afflictions of Christ are plenteous in us: even so is our consolation plenteous by Christ.read more.
Whether we be troubled for your consolation and salvation, which salvation showeth her power in that ye suffer the same afflictions which we also suffer; or whether we be comforted for your consolation and salvation:
My little children - of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be fashioned in you -
But were tender among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children, so was our affection toward you. Our good will was to have dealt unto you, not the gospel of God only: but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
Therefore, brethren, had we consolation in you, in all our adversity, and necessity through your faith. For now are we alive if ye stand steadfast in the Lord. For what thanks can we recompense to God again for you, over all the joy that we joy for your sakes before our God,read more.
while we night and day pray exceedingly, that we might see you presently, and might fulfill that which is lacking in your faith.
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