15 Bible Verses about Love to Christ
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whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though at present ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;
For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
By this shall everyone know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his soul for his friends.
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy strength and with all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.
Beloved, let us love one another, for charity is of God. Anyone that loves is born of God and knows God.
and walk in charity even as the Christ also has loved us and has given himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.
But whosoever keeps his word, in him verily is the charity of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
In this we have known the charity of God because he laid down his life for us; we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
He that says, I have known him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
If anyone says, I love God and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he that does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Husbands, love your wives even as the Christ also loved the congregation and gave himself for her,
If any man does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema. Our Lord has come.
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Love to Christ » Should be » Ardent
Sustain me with flagons of wine, strengthen me with apples; for I am sick with love.
Set me as a seal upon thine heart as a sign upon thine arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is hard as Sheol; the coals thereof are coals of fire, which have a most vehement flame.
Love to Christ » The wicked destitute of
But this comes to pass that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Let not those that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those that hate me wink with the eye without a cause.
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Obeying him
He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
Jesus answered and said unto him, He who loves me will keep my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him and dwell with him.
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Ministering to him
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brothers, ye have done it unto me.
And many women were there beholding afar off, who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him;
Love to Christ » Should be » Even unto death
Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
And they have overcome him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Love to Christ » They who have » Are loved by Christ
He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
Love to Christ » Promises to
Blessed is the man that patiently endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those that love him.
from now on there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day, and not to me only, but unto all those also that have loved his appearing.
Love to Christ » Exhibited by God
While he yet spoke, behold, a cloud of light overshadowed them, and, behold, a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
For the Father loves the Son and shows him all the things that he does, and he will show him greater works than these that ye may marvel.
Love to Christ » They who have » Are loved by the father
He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
for the Father himself loves you because ye have loved me and have believed that I came out from God.
Love to Christ » His personal excellence is deserving of
What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved that thou dost so charge us? My beloved is white and ruddy; the standard-bearer among the ten thousands. His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy and black as a raven. read more.
His eyes are as doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, as doves that are next to abundance. His cheeks are as a bed of aromatic spices, as fragrant flowers; his lips like lilies, dripping sweet smelling myrrh that transcends. His hands are as gold rings set with beryls; his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold; his countenance is as Lebanon, chosen as the cedars. His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O virgins of Jerusalem.
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Seeking him
I will rise now and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but I did not find him.
Love to Christ » Should be » With the soul
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loves, where thou dost feed, where thou dost make thy flock to rest at noon; for why did I have to be as a wanderer after the flocks of thy companions?
Love to Christ » Should be » Unquenchable
The many waters cannot quench love, neither can the rivers drown it; if a man would give all the substance of his house for this love, it would certainly be despised.
Love to Christ » Want of, denounced
If any man does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema. Our Lord has come.
Love to Christ » A characteristic of saints
Draw me after thee, we will run. The king has brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee; we will remember thy love more than the wine; the upright love thee.
Love to Christ » His love to us a motive to
For the charity of the Christ constrains us because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all are dead:
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Joseph of arimathea
When the evening was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also had been a disciple of Jesus; he went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth read more.
and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre and departed.
Love to Christ » Increase of, to be prayed for
And this I pray that your charity may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all perception,
Love to Christ » Should be » Sincere
Love to Christ » Pray for grace to those who have
Love to Christ » Decrease of, rebuked
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Preferring him to all others
He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Taking up the cross for him
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Peter
So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He said unto him, Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He said unto him, Feed my lambs. He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He said unto him, Yes, Lord thou knowest that I love thee. He said unto him, Feed my sheep. He said unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said unto him, Feed my sheep.
Love to Christ » Should be » Supreme
He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Love to Christ » Exhibited by saints
whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though at present ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Mary magdalene
But Mary stood outside near the sepulchre weeping, and as she wept, she stooped down and looked into the sepulchre
Love to Christ » They who have » Enjoy communion with God and Christ
Jesus answered and said unto him, He who loves me will keep my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him and dwell with him.
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Certain women
But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Thomas
Then Thomas said, who is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us go also, that we may die with him.
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Paul
Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Penitent woman
Therefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much; but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.
Love to Christ » Should be » In proportion to our mercies
Therefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much; but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.
Love to Christ » An evidence of adoption
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would surely love me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither did I come of myself, but he sent me.
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