13 Bible Verses about Love As A Fruit Of The Spirit
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering,
For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him might not perish, but have everlasting life:
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; ---as I have loved you, that ye also love one another: for by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have mutual love to each other.
And I have made known to them thy name, and will farther make it known; that the love wherewith Thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I also in them.
and experience hope, and this hope maketh us not ashamed; because the love of God is diffused in our hearts by the holy Spirit that is given to us.
Let love be unfeigned. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good;
Charity beareth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity is not insolent, is not puffed up, doth not behave indecently, is not selfish, is not easily provoked, suspecteth no evil, rejoiceth not at injustice, but rejoiceth in the truth:read more.
covereth all faults, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but as to prophecies, they shall be abolished; or tongues, they shall cease; or knowledge, it shall be laid aside. For now we know but in part, and we prophesy but in part. But when that which is perfect shall come, then that which is defective shall be laid aside. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned as a child: but when I became a man, I laid aside childish things. For we see now as through a mirror obscurely: but then we shall see face to face. Now I know but in part, but then I shall know even as I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three graces; but the greatest of these is love.
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only abuse not this liberty for an occasion to indulge the flesh, but by mutual love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one precept, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave up Himself for it:
since we know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren: he, that loveth not his brother, remaineth in death.
By this we know that we are in Him, and He in us; because He hath given us of his Spirit.
And we have known and believed the love which God hath towards us: for God is love; and he, that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him.
