15 Bible Verses about Love to Christ
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Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now 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 all men 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 hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life 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 mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.
But whoever keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: by this we know that we are in him.
By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
If a man sayeth, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar. For he that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, how can he love God, whom he hath not seen?
A new commandment I give to you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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Love to Christ » Should be » Ardent
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick with love.
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals of it are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Love to Christ » The wicked destitute of
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Obeying him
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me, shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Jesus answered and said to him, If a man loveth me, he will keep my words: 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 will answer and say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.
And many women were there (beholding at a distance) who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to 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 to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death.
Love to Christ » They who have » Are loved by Christ
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me, shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Love to Christ » Promises to
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me at that day: and not to me only, but to all them also that love his appearing.
Love to Christ » Exhibited by God
While he was yet speaking, 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 ye him.
For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: 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 hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me, shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came 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 chief among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. read more.
His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh. His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: 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, 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 loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Love to Christ » Should be » With the soul
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
Love to Christ » Should be » Unquenchable
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
Love to Christ » Want of, denounced
Love to Christ » A characteristic of saints
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
Love to Christ » His love to us a motive to
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Joseph of arimathea
When the evening was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate, and begged 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 sepulcher, 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 knowledge and in all judgment;
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 loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth 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 saith to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yes, Lord: thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith to him, Yes, Lord: thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my sheep. He saith to him the third time, Simon son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved, because he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep.
Love to Christ » Should be » Supreme
He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth 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 now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable, and full of glory:
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Mary magdalene
But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping: and as she wept she stooped down to look into the sepulcher,
Love to Christ » They who have » Enjoy communion with God and Christ
Jesus answered and said to him, If a man loveth me, he will keep my words: 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 Jesus turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Thomas
Then said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, 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 to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Penitent woman
Wherefore I say to thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Love to Christ » Should be » In proportion to our mercies
Wherefore I say to thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Love to Christ » An evidence of adoption
Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
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