1john.bible/1-john-4-18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.-1 John 4:18 Just as 1 Corinthians 13 is Paul’s great discourse on love, 1 John 4:7-21 is John’s great discourse on love. And what makes […]
matthew.bible/matthew-7-12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.-Matthew 7:12 This particular passage is sometimes referred to as the “Golden Rule”. But so often we misunderstand what Jesus is actually telling us to here. We think that Jesus is telling […]
romans.bible/romans-12-21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.-Romans 12:21 What is Paul saying when he tells us not to be overcome by evil, but to overcome evil with good? Paul summarized in one last sentence everything he had been trying to tell us about putting love into action. We already know […]
1john.bible/1-john-4-19 We love because he first loved us. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or a sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother or sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not see. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God […]
luke.bible/luke-6-35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.-Luke 6:35-36 Why are we […]
http://www.bible.com/111/1co.13.1.niv If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have […]
http://www.bible.com/111/mat.22.37-39.niv Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”-Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus gave this […]
http://www.bible.com/111/gal.5.14.niv You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”-Galatians 5:13-14 It would appear at first glance that Paul is quoting […]
http://www.bible.com/111/1co.13.4.niv Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, […]
http://www.bible.com/111/1co.13.7.niv Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrong. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, […]
