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Love
Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is
like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (Matthew 22:37-39)
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved
you, that ye also love one another. (John 13:34)
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity
[love], I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have
the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and
though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity,
I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I
give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not
itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own,
is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but
rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all
things, endureth all things. (1 Corinthians 13:1-7)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. (Galatians
5:22-23)
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 sweetsmelling savour. (Ephesians 5:2)
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in
all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be
sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; Being filled with the fruits
of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of
God.(Philippians 1:9-11)
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto
unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart
fervently: (1 Peter 1:22)
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth
is born of God, and knoweth God. (1 John 4:7)
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother
also. (1 John 4:21)
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