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To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
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but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
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God's Everlasting Love
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, 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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nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
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Marks of the True Christian
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
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Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
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Fulfilling the Law Through Love
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
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For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
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Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died.
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I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf,
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But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—
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What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?
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Food Offered to Idols
Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up.
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But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.
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The Way of Love
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
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And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
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If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
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Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
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Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
