15 Bible Verses about Love to Christ
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whom having not seen, you love; in whom not yet seeing, but believing in Him you exult with unspeakable joy, and having been glorified,
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
By this all shall know that you are My disciples, if you have love toward one another.
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
And answering, he said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given Himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor.
But whoever keeps His Word, truly in this one the love of God is perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.
By this we have known the love of God, because He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
He who 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 if he does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. As I have loved you, you should also love one another.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for it,
If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. The Lord comes!
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Love to Christ » Should be » Ardent
Feed me with raisin cakes, comfort me with apples, for I am sick with love.
Set me as a seal on Your heart, as a seal on Your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is cruel as the grave; its flames are flames of fire, a flame of Jehovah.
Love to Christ » The wicked destitute of
But that the Word might be fulfilled that is written in their Law, "They hated Me without a cause."
Let not those who are my lying enemies rejoice over me, those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Obeying him
He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him.
Jesus answered and said to him, If a man loves Me, he will keep My Word. And My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Ministering to him
And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you have done it to Me.
And many of the women were there, watching from a distance, those who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, watching from a distance;
Love to Christ » Should be » Even unto death
Then Paul answered, What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony. And they did not love their soul until death.
Love to Christ » They who have » Are loved by Christ
He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him.
Love to Christ » Promises to
Blessed is the man who endures temptation, because having been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
Now there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that Day; and not to me only, but also to all those who love His appearing.
Love to Christ » Exhibited by God
While he yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And behold a voice out of the cloud which said, This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, hear Him.
For the Father loves the Son and shows Him all the things that He Himself does. And He will show Him greater works than these, so that you may marvel.
Love to Christ » They who have » Are loved by the father
He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him.
for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came out from God.
Love to Christ » His personal excellence is deserving of
What is your Beloved more than another beloved, most beautiful among women? What is your Beloved more than another beloved, that you adjure us so? My Beloved is bright and ruddy, standing out among ten thousand. His head is like refined gold; His locks are bushy, black as a raven. read more.
His eyes are as doves' eyes on the rivers of waters, washed with milk, sitting on a setting. His cheeks are like a bed of spices, a raised bed of aromatic herbs. His lips are as lilies dropping flowing myrrh. His hands are like rings of gold filled with jewels; His body an ivory plate overlaid with sapphires. His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold; His face is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. His mouth is most sweet; yes, He is altogether lovely. This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend, O daughters 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, You whom my soul loves, where do You feed, where do You lie down at noon? For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of Your companions?
Love to Christ » Should be » Unquenchable
Many waters cannot quench love, nor will the rivers overflow it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be scorned.
Love to Christ » Want of, denounced
If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. The Lord comes!
Love to Christ » A characteristic of saints
Draw me, we will run after You. The King has brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in You, we will remember Your love more than wine; the upright love You.
Love to Christ » His love to us a motive to
For the love of Christ constrains us, judging this, that if one died for all, then all died;
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Joseph of arimathea
When the evening had come, a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, came, who also himself was Jesus' disciple. He went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in clean linen, read more.
and laid it in his new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and departed.
Love to Christ » Increase of, to be prayed for
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full 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 who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who 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
Then when they broke fast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My lambs. He said to him the second time, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My sheep. He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me? Peter was grieved because He said to him a third time, Do you love Me? And he said to Him, Lord, You know all things, You know that I love You. Jesus said to him, Feed My sheep.
Love to Christ » Should be » Supreme
He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
Love to Christ » Exhibited by saints
whom having not seen, you love; in whom not yet seeing, but believing in Him you exult with unspeakable joy, and having been glorified,
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Mary magdalene
But Mary stood outside of the tomb, weeping. And as she wept, she stooped down into the tomb.
Love to Christ » They who have » Enjoy communion with God and Christ
Jesus answered and said to him, If a man loves Me, he will keep My Word. And My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Certain women
But turning to them, Jesus said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Thomas
Then Thomas (he being called Twin) said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with Him.
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Paul
Then Paul answered, What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Penitent woman
Therefore I say to you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, he loves little.
Love to Christ » Should be » In proportion to our mercies
Therefore I say to you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, he loves little.
Love to Christ » An evidence of adoption
Jesus said to them, If God were your father, you would love Me, for I went forth and came from God; for I did not come of Myself, but He sent Me.
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