10 Bible Verses about Love For The Church

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart.

If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.

Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common.

Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians. Our heart is opened wide.

Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. I do not say this to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together.

For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share for the sake of his body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions.

But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.