Love (Appreciation)

Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.

but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.

If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”

And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.

Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.

Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.

Do everything in love.

My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.

For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.

Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

in purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;

But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.

In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.

Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

All the saints send you greetings.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.

For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

Peace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.

because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—

and who also informed us of your love in the Spirit.

He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,

And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

But just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you.

And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.

In love, hold them in highest regard because of their work. Live in peace with one another.

We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.

and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.

The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.

because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.

For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.

Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.

and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.

But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with us in truth and love.

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.

I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latest deeds are greater than your first.