Biblical Concept: Love in John and Epistles

 

Findings

 

Re Jews: “you do not have the love of God in yourselves”

Re Jews: “If God were your Father, you would love Me”

love one another”

John 14:15 "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

Relationship: Jesus, love, keep, commandments.

 21 "He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me; and he who loves Me shall

     be loved by My Father, and I will love him, and will disclose Myself to him."

23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love

    him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him.

“He who does not love Me does not keep My words”

abide in My love”

“If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love”

 12 "This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

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

 17 "This I command you, that you love one another.

world would love its own”

the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit”

 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.  God’s Impersonal Inclusive Love.

God, love, sinners, Christ, died.

Romans 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God,

                      to those who are called according to His purpose.

 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine,

    or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God,

    which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself”

 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

the love of the Spirit”

“All that God has prepared for those who love Him.”

Re Corinth: “Shall I come to you with a rod or with love”

love edifies

do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal”

but do not have love, I am nothing”

do not have love, it profits me nothing”

 4 Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,

“Love never fails”

 13 But now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 16:14 Let all that you do be done in love.

 22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be accursed. Maranatha.

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

Re Corinth: “that you might know the love which I have especially for you”

 8 Wherefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

the love of Christ controls us”

 in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love”

Re Corinth: “in the love we inspired in you”

live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you”

faith working through love”

through love serve one another”

 14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

fruit of the Spirit is love”

Re Ephesus: “your love for all the saints”

Divine Impersonal Love

rooted and grounded in love”

to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge”

Ephesians 4:2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance to one another in

                        love,

speaking the truth in love”

Church: “growth of the body for the building up of itself in love”

walk in love, just as Christ also loved you”

“Husbands, love your wives”

 28 So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves

     himself;

love his own wife even as himself”

love with faith”

Relationship: Love, knowledge, discernment.

Colossians “the love which you have for all the saints”

love in the Spirit”

knit together in love

Love, unity, relationship.

19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be embittered against them.

labor of love”

Thessalonians: “good news of your faith and love”

Thessalonians: “abound in love for one another”

Thessalonians: “taught by God to love one another”

Thessalonians: “breastplate of faith and love”

Teachers: “esteem them very highly in love because of their work”

Thessalonians: “the love of each one of you toward one another grows ever greater”

did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved”

“Lord direct your hearts into the love of God”

goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart”

Grace: “faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus”

Love and sanctity.

free from the love of money”

love of money is a root of all sorts of evil”

pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness”

power and love and discipline”

faith and love which are in Christ Jesus”

pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace”

Titus 3:4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,

Divine Impersonal Love

“Greet those who love us in the faith.”

“I hear of your love”

comfort in your love”

love which you have shown toward His name”

Hebrews 10:24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,

Hebrews 13:1 Let love of the brethren continue.

“Let your character be free from the love of money”

crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him”

heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him”

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself”

though you have not seen Him, you love Him”

 22 Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently

     love one another from the heart,

love the brotherhood”

to love life and see good days Refrain his tongue from evil”

1 Peter 4:8 Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.

“Greet one another with a kiss of love”

whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected”

 15 Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is

     not in him.

“Do not love the world”

1 John 3:1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of

                  God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know

                  Him.

we should love one another”

 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not

     love abides in death.

Jesus, love, laid down life.

Ought: Lay down life for brethren.

 17 But whoever has the world's goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him,

    how does the love of God abide in him?

 18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.

Commandment: love one another.

1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of

                  God and knows God.

 8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

 9 By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so

   that we might live through Him.

Love, God, manifested, Son, live.

 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for

    our sins.

Love, God, Son, propitiation, sins.

we also ought to love one another”

 12 No one has beheld God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is

    perfected in us.

love one another” … “His love is perfected in us”

God, love, abides.

Love, perfected, confidence, judgement.

Love, fear, punishment, perfected.

 19 We love, because He first loved us.

‘If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar’

 21 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.

1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His

                  commandments.

Love, God, keep commandments.

Love and truth

Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

Commandment: love one another.

“And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments”

3 John 1:1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.

Love multiplied

keep yourselves in the love of God”

Revelation 2:4 'But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.

Deeds, love, faith, service, perserverance.

Divine love and reproof.

they did not love their life even to death”

 

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Love

 

NAS John 5:42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. (Re Jews: “you do not have the love of God in yourselves”)

NAS John 8:42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me; for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me. (Re Jews: “If God were your Father, you would love Me”)

NAS John 11:3 The sisters therefore sent to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick."

NAS John 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. (“love one another”)

 35 "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

NAS John 14:15 "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. (All) (Relationship: Jesus, love, keep, commandments.)

 21 "He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me; and he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him, and will disclose Myself to him." (All)

 23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him. (All)

 24 "He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father's who sent Me. (“He who does not love Me does not keep My words”)

 31 but that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

NAS John 15:9 "Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. (“abide in My love”)

 10 "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love. (“If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love”)

 12 "This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. (All)

 13 "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. (All)

 17 "This I command you, that you love one another. (All)

 19 "If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. (“world would love its own”)

NAS John 17:23 I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, that the world may know that Thou didst send Me, and didst love them, even as Thou didst love Me.

 24 "Father, I desire that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am, in order that they may behold My glory, which Thou hast given Me; for Thou didst love Me before the foundation of the world.

 26 and I have made Thy name known to them, and will make it known; that the love wherewith Thou didst love Me may be in them, and I in them."

NAS John 21:15 So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Tend My lambs."

 16 He said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Shepherd My sheep."

 17 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus said to him, "Tend My sheep.

NAS Romans 5:5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. (“the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit”)

 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (All) (God’s Impersonal Inclusive Love.) (God, love, sinners, Christ, died.)

NAS Romans 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. (All)

 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (All)

 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (All)

NAS Romans 12:9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

 10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;

NAS Romans 13:8 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

 9 For this, "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (“You shall love your neighbor as yourself”)

 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; love therefore is the fulfillment of the law. (All)

NAS Romans 14:15 For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

NAS Romans 15:30 Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me, (“the love of the Spirit”)

NAS 1 Corinthians 2:9 but just as it is written, "Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, And which have not entered the heart of man, All that God has prepared for those who love Him." (“All that God has prepared for those who love Him.”)

NAS 1 Corinthians 4:21 What do you desire? Shall I come to you with a rod or with love and a spirit of gentleness? (Re Corinth: “Shall I come to you with a rod or with love”)

NAS 1 Corinthians 8:1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge makes arrogant, but love edifies. (love edifies)

NAS 1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. (“do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal”)

 2 And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. (“but do not have love, I am nothing”)

 3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. (“do not have love, it profits me nothing”)

 4 Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, (All)

 8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. (“Love never fails”)

 13 But now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. (All)

NAS 1 Corinthians 14:1 Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

NAS 1 Corinthians 16:14 Let all that you do be done in love. (All)

 22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be accursed. Maranatha. (All)

 24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. (All)

NAS 2 Corinthians 2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that you should be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you. (Re Corinth: “that you might know the love which I have especially for you”)

 8 Wherefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

NAS 2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; (“the love of Christ controls us”)

NAS 2 Corinthians 6:6 in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love, (“in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love”)

NAS 2 Corinthians 8:7 But just as you abound in everything, in faith and utterance and knowledge and in all earnestness and in the love we inspired in you, see that you abound in this gracious work also. (Re Corinth: “in the love we inspired in you”)

 8 I am not speaking this as a command, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity of your love also.

 24 Therefore openly before the churches show them the proof of your love and of our reason for boasting about you.

NAS 2 Corinthians 11:11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

NAS 2 Corinthians 12:15 And I will most gladly spend and be expended for your souls. If I love you the more, am I to be loved the less?

NAS 2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made complete, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. (“live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you”)

 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

NAS Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love. (“faith working through love”)

 13 For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. (“through love serve one another”)

 14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (All)

 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (“fruit of the Spirit is love”)

NAS Ephesians 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love

 15 For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you, and your love for all the saints, (Re Ephesus: “your love for all the saints”)

NAS Ephesians 2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, (Divine Impersonal Love)

NAS Ephesians 3:17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, (“rooted and grounded in love”)

 19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fulness of God. (“to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge”)

NAS Ephesians 4:2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance to one another in love, (All)

 15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ, (“speaking the truth in love”)

 16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by that which every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. (Church: “growth of the body for the building up of itself in love”)

NAS Ephesians 5:2 and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you, and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. (“walk in love, just as Christ also loved you”)

 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her; (“Husbands, love your wives”)

 28 So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; (All)

 33 Nevertheless let each individual among you also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see to it that she respect her husband. (“love his own wife even as himself”)

NAS Ephesians 6:23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (“love with faith”)

 24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with a love incorruptible. (All)

NAS Philippians 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, (Relationship: Love, knowledge, discernment.)

 16 the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel;

NAS Philippians 2:1 If therefore there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, (consolation of love)

 2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.

NAS Colossians 1:4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints; (Colossians “the love which you have for all the saints”)

 8 and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit. (“love in the Spirit”)

NAS Colossians 2:2 that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ Himself, (knit together in love)

NAS Colossians 3:14 And beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. (Love, unity, relationship.)

 19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be embittered against them. (All)

NAS 1 Thessalonians 1:3 constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father, (“labor of love”)

NAS 1 Thessalonians 3:6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you, (Thessalonians: “good news of your faith and love”)

 12 and may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all men, just as we also do for you; (Thessalonians: “abound in love for one another”)

NAS 1 Thessalonians 4:9 Now as to the love of the brethren, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; (Thessalonians: “taught by God to love one another”)

NAS 1 Thessalonians 5:8 But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. (Thessalonians: “breastplate of faith and love”)

 13 and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another. (Teachers: “esteem them very highly in love because of their work”)

NAS 2 Thessalonians 1:3 We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren, as is only fitting, because your faith is greatly enlarged, and the love of each one of you toward one another grows ever greater; (Thessalonians: “the love of each one of you toward one another grows ever greater”)

NAS 2 Thessalonians 2:10 and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. (“did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved”)

NAS 2 Thessalonians 3:5 And may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ. (“Lord direct your hearts into the love of God”)

NAS 1 Timothy 1:5 But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. (“goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart”)

 14 and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus. (Grace: “faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus”)

NAS 1 Timothy 2:15 But women shall be preserved through the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and sanctity with self-restraint. (Love and sanctity.)

NAS 1 Timothy 3:3 not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, uncontentious, free from the love of money. (“free from the love of money”)

NAS 1 Timothy 4:12 Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.

NAS 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves with many a pang. (“love of money is a root of all sorts of evil”)

 11 But flee from these things, you man of God; and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness. (“pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness”)

NAS 2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. (“power and love and discipline”)

 13 Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. (“faith and love which are in Christ Jesus”)

NAS 2 Timothy 2:22 Now flee from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. (“pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace”)

NAS 2 Timothy 3:10 But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance,

NAS Titus 2:2 Older men are to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance.

 4 that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

NAS Titus 3:4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, (All) (Divine Impersonal Love)

 15 All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. (“Greet those who love us in the faith.”)

NAS Philemon 1:5 because I hear of your love, and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints; (“I hear of your love”)

 7 For I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother. (“comfort in your love”)

NAS Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints. (“love which you have shown toward His name”)

NAS Hebrews 10:24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, (All)

NAS Hebrews 13:1 Let love of the brethren continue. (All)

 5 Let your character be free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, "I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you," (“Let your character be free from the love of money”)

NAS James 1:12 Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. (“crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him”)

NAS James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? (“heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him”)

 8 If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well. (“You shall love your neighbor as yourself”)

NAS 1 Peter 1:8 and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, (“though you have not seen Him, you love Him”)

 22 Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart, (All)

NAS 1 Peter 2:17 Honor all men; love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king. (“love the brotherhood”)

NAS 1 Peter 3:10 For, "Let him who means to love life and see good days Refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile. (“to love life and see good days Refrain his tongue from evil”)

NAS 1 Peter 4:8 Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. (All)

NAS 1 Peter 5:14 Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ. (“Greet one another with a kiss of love”)

NAS 2 Peter 1:7 and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.

NAS 1 John 2:5 but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: (“whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected”)

 15 Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (All) (“Do not love the world”)

NAS 1 John 3:1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. (All)

 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.

 11 For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; (“we should love one another”)

 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. (All)

 16 We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. (Jesus, love, laid down life.) (Ought: Lay down life for brethren.)

 17 But whoever has the world's goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? (All)

 18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. (All)

 23 And this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. (Commandment: love one another.)

NAS 1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. (All)

 8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. (All)

 9 By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. (All) (Love, God, manifested, Son, live.)

 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (All) (Love, God, Son, propitiation, sins.)

 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. (“we also ought to love one another”)

 12 No one has beheld God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. (“love one another” … “His love is perfected in us”)

 16 And we have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. (God, love, abides.)

 17 By this, love is perfected with us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. (Love, perfected, confidence, judgement.)

 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. (Love, fear, punishment, perfected.)

 19 We love, because He first loved us. (All)

 20 If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. (‘If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar’)

 21 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also. (All)

NAS 1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments. (All)

 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. (Love, God, keep commandments.)

NAS 2 John 1:1 The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not only I, but also all who know the truth, (Love and truth)

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

 5 And now I ask you, lady, not as writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another. (Commandment: love one another.)

 6 And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it. (“And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments”)

NAS 3 John 1:1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. (All)

 6 and they bear witness to your love before the church; and you will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

NAS Jude 1:2 May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you. (Love multiplied)

 12 These men are those who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;

 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. (“keep yourselves in the love of God”)

NAS Revelation 2:4 'But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. (All)

 19 'I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first. (Deeds, love, faith, service, perserverance.)

NAS Revelation 3:19 'Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; be zealous therefore, and repent. (Divine love and reproof.)

NAS Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even to death. (“they did not love their life even to death”)

 

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