John 13:34
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34 (A)A new commandment (B)I give to you, (C)that you love one another: (D)just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
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Leviticus 19:18
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18 (A)You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but (B)you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
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1 Peter 1:22
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22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for (A)a sincere brotherly love, (B)love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
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1 Corinthians 12:26-27
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26 If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, (A)all rejoice together.
27 Now (B)you are the body of Christ and individually (C)members of it.
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Galatians 6:2
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2 (A)Bear one another's burdens, and (B)so fulfill (C)the law of Christ.
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1 John 3:23
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23 And this is his commandment, (A)that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and (B)love one another, (C)just as he has commanded us.
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John 15:17
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17 These things I command you, (A)so that you will love one another.
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1 John 2:7-10
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The New Commandment
7 Beloved, I am writing you (A)no new commandment, but (B)an old commandment (C)that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8 At the same time, it is (D)a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because[a] (E)the darkness is passing away and (F)the true light is already shining. 9 Whoever says he is in the light and (G)hates his brother is still in darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him[b] there is no (H)cause for stumbling.
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- 1 John 2:8 Or that
- 1 John 2:10 Or it
1 John 4:7-11
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God Is Love
7 Beloved, (A)let us love one another, for love is from God, and (B)whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 (C)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because (D)God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that (E)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, (F)not that we have loved God (G)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be (H)the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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1 John 4:21-5:1
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1 John 3:14-18
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14 We know that (A)we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15 (B)Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that (C)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
16 By this we know love, that (D)he laid down his life for us, and (E)we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But (F)if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet (G)closes his heart against him, (H)how does God's love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not (I)love in word or talk but in deed and (J)in truth.
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1 Thessalonians 3:12
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12 and may the Lord (A)make you increase and abound in love (B)for one another and for all, as we do for you,
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2 John 5
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5 And now I ask you, dear lady—(A)not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—(B)that we love one another.
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James 2:8
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8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, (A)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
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1 John 3:11
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Love One Another
11 For (A)this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, (B)that we should love one another.
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Colossians 3:12-13
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12 (A)Put on then, as (B)God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, (C)compassionate hearts, (D)kindness, (E)humility, meekness, and patience, 13 (F)bearing with one another and, (G)if one has a complaint against another, (H)forgiving each other; (I)as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
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Galatians 5:13-14
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13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. (A)Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love (B)serve one another. 14 For (C)the whole law is fulfilled in one word: (D)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
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Galatians 6:10
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10 So then, (A)as we have opportunity, let us (B)do good to everyone, and especially to those who are (C)of the household of faith.
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Romans 12:10
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10 (A)Love one another with brotherly affection. (B)Outdo one another in showing honor.
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John 15:12-13
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12 (A)“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 (B)Greater love has no one than this, (C)that someone lay down his life for his friends.
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1 Peter 3:8-9
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Suffering for Righteousness' Sake
8 Finally, all of you, (A)have unity of mind, sympathy, (B)brotherly love, (C)a tender heart, and (D)a humble mind. 9 (E)Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, (F)bless, for (G)to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
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1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
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9 Now concerning (A)brotherly love (B)you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been (C)taught by God (D)to love one another, 10 for that indeed is what (E)you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to (F)do this more and more,
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1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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4 (A)Love is patient and (B)kind; love (C)does not envy or boast; it (D)is not arrogant 5 or rude. It (E)does not insist on its own way; it (F)is not irritable or resentful;[a] 6 it (G)does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but (H)rejoices with the truth. 7 (I)Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, (J)endures all things.
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- 1 Corinthians 13:5 Greek irritable and does not count up wrongdoing
2 Thessalonians 1:3
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Thanksgiving
3 (A)We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers,[a] as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.
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- 2 Thessalonians 1:3 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
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