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And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love;
with him I am well pleased.”
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[ Love for Enemies ] “You have
heard that it was said, ‘Loveyour neighbor and
hate your enemy.’
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But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for
those who persecute you,
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If you love those who love you,
what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?
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[ Prayer ] “And when
you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray
standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly
I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
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“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the
other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot
serve both God and money.
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“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me
is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more
than me is not worthy of me.
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“Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love,
in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to
the nations.
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While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a
voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I
am well pleased. Listen to him!”
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honor your father and
mother,’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’”
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Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
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And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as
yourself.’
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they love the
place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;
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they love to
be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.
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Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of
most will grow cold,
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And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom Ilove; with you I am well pleased.”
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Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the
cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”
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Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you
lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you
will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
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“He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He
sent him last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
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Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
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The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
There is no commandment greater than these.”
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To love him with all your heart, with all your
understanding and with all your strength, and to love your
neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and
sacrifices.”
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and the Holy Spirit
descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You
are my Son, whom Ilove; with you I am well
pleased.”
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[ Love for Enemies ] “But to
you who are listening I say: Loveyour
enemies, do good to those who hate you,
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“If you love those who love you,
what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
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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.
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because he loves
our nation and has built our synagogue.”
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Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the
debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
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Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her
great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven littleloves little.”
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He answered, “‘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, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
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“Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint,
rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of
God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.
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“Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most
important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.
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“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the
other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot
serve both God and money.”
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The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and
were sneering at Jesus.
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“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will
send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.’
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“Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in
flowing robes and love to be greeted with respect in the
marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places
of honor at banquets.
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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and
only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but peopleloved darkness instead of light because their
deeds were evil.
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The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in
his hands.
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For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he
does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will
be amazed.
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but I know you. I
know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.
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Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would loveme, for I have come here from God. I have not
come on my own; God sent me.
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The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my
life—only to take it up again.
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So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is
sick.”
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Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
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Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
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Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone
who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
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for they loved
human praise more than praise from God.
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[ Jesus Washes His
Disciples’ Feet ] It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that
the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved
his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
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One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was
reclining next to him.
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“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I
haveloved you, so you must love one
another.
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By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if youlove one another.”
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[ Jesus Promises the
Holy Spirit ] “If you love me, keep my commands.
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Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one wholoves me. The one who loves me will
be loved by my Father, and I too will love them
and show myself to them.”
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Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my
teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them
and make our home with them.
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Anyone who does not love me will not obey my
teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who
sent me.
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“You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’
If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father,
for the Father is greater than I.
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but he comes so that
the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what
my Father has commanded me. “Come now; let us leave.
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“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved
you. Now remain in my love.
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If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
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My command is this: Love each other as I have loved
you.
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Greater love has no one than this: to lay down
one’s life for one’s friends.
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This is my command: Love each other.
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If you belonged to the world, it would love you
as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out
of the world. That is why the world hates you.
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No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved
me and have believed that I came from God.
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I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete
unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved
them even as you have loved me.
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“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am,
and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved
me before the creation of the world.
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I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known
in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that
I myself may be in them.”
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When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom heloved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,
here is your son,”
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So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one
Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,
and we don’t know where they have put him!”
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Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It
is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he
wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into
the water.
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[ Jesus Reinstates Peter ] When they
had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me
more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”
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Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus
said, “Take care of my sheep.”
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The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you loveme?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the
third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all
things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.
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Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved
was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the
supper and had said, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”)
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261 Bible results for “love.” Showing
results 76-100.
To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be
his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord
Jesus Christ.
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they have no
understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy.
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And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has
been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to
us.
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But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,
who have been called according to his purpose.
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or
sword?
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No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him
who loved us.
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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.
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Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I
hated.”
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As he says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my
people; and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not myloved one,”
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As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake;
but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of
the patriarchs,
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[ Love in Action ] Love must
be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
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Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another
above yourselves.
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[ Love Fulfills
the Law ] Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt
to love one another, for whoever loves others has
fulfilled the law.
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The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not
murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other
command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your
neighbor as yourself.”
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Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is
the fulfillment of the law.
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If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat,
you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy
someone for whom Christ died.
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I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by
the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying
to God for me.
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However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has
heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for
those who love him—
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For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom Ilove, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind
you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach
everywhere in every church.
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What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline,
or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?
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[ Concerning Food Sacrificed
to Idols ] Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all
possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds
up.
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But whoever loves God is known by God.
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Now eagerly desire the greater gifts. [ Love Is
Indispensable ] And yet I will show you the most excellent way.
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If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not havelove, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging
cymbal.
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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 love,
I am nothing.
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If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to
hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy,
it does not boast, it is not proud.
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Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
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Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will
cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge,
it will pass away.
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And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But
the greatest of these is love.
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[ Intelligibility in Worship ] Follow
the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit,
especially prophecy.
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Do everything in love.
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If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person
be cursed! Come, Lord!
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My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and
with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for
you.
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I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for
him.
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For Christ’s love compels us, because we are
convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
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in purity,
understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;
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But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in
knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have
kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
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I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by
comparing it with the earnestness of others.
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Therefore show these men the proof of your love and
the reason for our pride in you, so that the churches can see it.
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Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to
give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful
giver.
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Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
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So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend
myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me
less?
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[ Final Greetings ] Finally,
brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one
another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and
peace will be with you.
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May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of
God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
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I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ
lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of
God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has
any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
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[ Life by the Spirit ] 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.
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For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your
neighbor as yourself.”
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy
and blameless in his sight. In love
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to the praise of
his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
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[ Thanksgiving and Prayer ] For this
reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for
all God’s people,
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But because of his great love for us, God, who is
rich in mercy,
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so that Christ may
dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and
established in love,
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may have power,
together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high
and deep is the love of Christ,
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and to know this love that
surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness
of God.
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Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one
another in love.
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Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to
become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is,
Christ.
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From him the whole body, joined and held together by every
supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each
part does its work.
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Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved
children
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and walk in the way
of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up
for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved
the church and gave himself up for her
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In this same way, husbands ought to love their
wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves
himself.
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However, each one of you also must love his wife
as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
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Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with
faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with
an undyinglove.
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And this is my prayer: that your love may abound
more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
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The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put
here for the defense of the gospel.
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[ Imitating Christ’s
Humility ] Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united
with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in
the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,
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then make my joy
complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in
spirit and of one mind.
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[ Closing Appeal for
Steadfastness and Unity ] Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and
long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends!
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Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is
noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,
whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such
things.
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because we have heard of
your faith in Christ Jesus and of thelove you
have for all God’s people—
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the faith and love that
spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have
already heard in the true message of the gospel
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and who also told us
of your love in the Spirit.
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For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us
into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
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My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united inlove, so that they may have the full riches of
complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely,
Christ,
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Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved,
clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
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And over all these virtues put on love, which binds
them all together in perfect unity.
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Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh
with them.
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We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith,
your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in
our Lord Jesus Christ.
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For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that
he has chosen you,
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so we cared for
you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with
you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well.
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[ Timothy’s Encouraging
Report ] But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has
brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that
you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we
also long to see you.
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May the Lord make your love increase and overflow
for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.
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Now about your love for one another we do not
need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to loveeach other.
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And in fact, you do love all of God’s family
throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and
more,
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But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith
and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a
helmet.
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Hold them in the highest regard in love because
of their work. Live in peace with each other.
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[ Thanksgiving and Prayer ] We ought
always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your
faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have
for one another is increasing.
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and all the ways
that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they
refused to love the truth and so be saved.
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[ Stand Firm ] But we
ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by
the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be
saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the
truth.
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May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, wholoved us and by his grace gave us eternal
encouragement and good hope,
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May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and
Christ’s perseverance.
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The goal of this command is love, which comes from a
pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
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The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with
the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in
faith, love and holiness with propriety.
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not given to
drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover
of money.
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Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set
an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in
faith and in purity.
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Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect
just because they are fellow believers. Instead, they should serve them even
better because their masters are dear to them as fellow believers and are
devoted to the welfare of their slaves. [ False
Teachers and the Love of Money ] These are the things
you are to teach and insist on.
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For the love of money is a root of all kinds of
evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced
themselves with many griefs.
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[ Final Charge to
Timothy ] But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue
righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.
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For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us
power, love and self-discipline.
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What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching,
with faith and love in Christ Jesus.
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Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith,love and peace,
along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
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People will be lovers of themselves, lovers
of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful,
unholy,
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without love,
unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers
of the good,
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treacherous, rash,
conceited, lovers of pleasure rather thanlovers
of God—
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[ A Final Charge to
Timothy ] You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life,
my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,
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for Demas, because
he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
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[ Appointing Elders Who Love What
Is Good ] The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in
order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed
you.
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Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is
good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and
disciplined.
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Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect,
self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.
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Then they can urge the younger women to love their
husbands and children,
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But when the kindness and love of God our Savior
appeared,
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Everyone with me sends you greetings. Greet those who loveus in the faith. Grace be with you all.
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because I hear about
your love for all his holy people and your faith in the Lord
Jesus.
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Your love has given me great joy and
encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the Lord’s
people.
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yet I prefer to
appeal to you on the basis of love. It is as none other than
Paul—an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—
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You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you
with the oil of joy.”
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God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you
have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.
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And let us consider how we may spur one another on towardlove and good deeds,
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because the Lord
disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts
as his son.”
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Keep your lives free from the love of money and
be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”
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Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having
stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has
promised to those who love him.
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Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who
are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the
kingdom he promised those who love him?
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If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your
neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right.
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Though you have not seen him, you love him; and
even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an
inexpressible and glorious joy,
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Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that
you have sincere love for each other, love one
another deeply, from the heart.
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Show proper respect to everyone, love the family
of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.
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[ Suffering for Doing Good ] Finally,
all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.
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For, “Whoever would love life and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech.
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Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers
over a multitude of sins.
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Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of
you who are in Christ.
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and to godliness,
mutual affection; and to mutual affection,love.
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He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice
came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love;
with him I am well pleased.”
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They have left the straight way and
wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer,
who loved the wages of wickedness.
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[ Love and Hatred
for Fellow Believers ] We know that we have come to know him if we keep his
commands.
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But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is
truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him:
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Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the
light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.
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[ On Not Loving the
World ] Do not love the world or anything in the
world. If anyone loves the world, love for the
Father is not in them.
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See what great love the Father has lavished on
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.
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This is how we know who the children of God are and who the
children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s
child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and
sister.
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[ More on Love and
Hatred ] For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We
should love one another.
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We know that we have passed from death to life, because welove each other. Anyone who does not love remains
in death.
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This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ
laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers
and sisters.
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If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in
need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in
that person?
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Dear children, let us not love with words or
speech but with actions and in truth.
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And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus
Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.
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[ God’s Love and
Ours ] Dear friends, let us love one another,
for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has
been born of God and knows God.
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Whoever does not love does not know God, because
God islove.
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This is how God showed his love among us: He sent
his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
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This is love: not that we loved God, but
that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our
sins.
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Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one
another.
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No one has ever seen God; but if we love one
another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
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And so we know and rely on the love God has for
us. God islove. Whoever lives in love lives
in God, and God in them.
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This is how love is made complete among us so
that we will have confidence on the day of judgment:
In this world we are like Jesus.
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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.
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We love because he first loved us.
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Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or
sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and
sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have
not seen.
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And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God
must also love their brother and sister.
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[ Faith in the Incarnate
Son of God ] Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of
God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child
as well.
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This is how we know that we love the children of
God: by loving God and carrying out his commands.
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In fact, this is love for God: to keep his
commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
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The elder, To the lady chosen by God and to her children, whom I love in
the truth—and not I only, but also all who know the truth—
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Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ,
the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.
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And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we
have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another.
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And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his
commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
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The elder, To my dear friend Gaius, whom
I love in the truth.
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They have told the church about your love. Please send
them on their way in a manner that honors God.
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I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be
first, will not welcome us.
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Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who have been called, who are loved in
God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
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Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.
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These people are blemishes at your love feasts,
eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves.
They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without
fruit and uprooted—twice dead.
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keep yourselves in
God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ
to bring you to eternal life.
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and from Jesus
Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler
of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us
from our sins by his blood,
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Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you
had at first.
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I know your deeds, your love and faith, your
service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at
first.
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I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to
be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down
at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.
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Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be
earnest and repent.
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They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word
of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as
to shrink from death.
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They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the
camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from
heaven and devoured them.
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Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually
immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and
practices falsehood.
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