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1 Peter 4:8
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1 Peter 4:8
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8 Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.(A)
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Proverbs 10:12
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Proverbs 10:12
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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all offenses.(A)
Proverbs 10:12
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Proverbs 10:12
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12 Hatred stirs up conflict,
but love covers over all wrongs.(A)
Colossians 3:14
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Colossians 3:14
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14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
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Proverbs 17:9
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Proverbs 17:9
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9 One who forgives an affront fosters friendship,
but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.(A)
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Proverbs 17:9
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1 Peter 1:22
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1 Peter 1:22
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22 Now that you have purified your souls[a] by your obedience to the truth[b] so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.[c](A)
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1 Peter 1:22
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22 Now that you have purified(A) yourselves by obeying(B) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,(C) from the heart.[a]
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- 1 Peter 1:22 Some early manuscripts from a pure heart
James 5:20
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James 5:20
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20 you should know that whoever brings back a sinner from wandering will save the sinner’s[a] soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.(A)
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20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save(A) them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.(B)
1 Corinthians 13:1-14
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1 Corinthians 13:1-14
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The Gift of Love
13 If I speak in the tongues of humans and of angels but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 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 do not have love, I am nothing.(A) 3 If I give away all my possessions and if I hand over my body so that I may boast[a] but do not have love, I gain nothing.(B)
4 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant(C) 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs;(D) 6 it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth.(E) 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.(F)
8 Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. 9 For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part, 10 but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. 12 For now we see only a reflection, as in a mirror, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.(G) 13 And now faith, hope, and love remain, these three, and the greatest of these is love.
Gifts of Prophecy and Tongues
14 Pursue love and strive for the spiritual gifts and especially that you may prophesy.(H)
Footnotes
- 13.3 Other ancient authorities read body to be burned
1 Corinthians 13:1-14
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1 Corinthians 13:1-14
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13 If I speak in the tongues[a](A) of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy(B) and can fathom all mysteries(C) and all knowledge,(D) and if I have a faith(E) that can move mountains,(F) but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor(G) and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b](H) but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient,(I) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.(J) 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,(K) it is not easily angered,(L) it keeps no record of wrongs.(M) 6 Love does not delight in evil(N) but rejoices with the truth.(O) 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.(P)
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies,(Q) they will cease; where there are tongues,(R) they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part(S) and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes,(T) what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood(U) behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;(V) then we shall see face to face.(W) Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.(X)
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.(Y) But the greatest of these is love.(Z)
Intelligibility in Worship
14 Follow the way of love(AA) and eagerly desire(AB) gifts of the Spirit,(AC) especially prophecy.(AD)
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- 1 Corinthians 13:1 Or languages
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 Some manuscripts body to the flames
1 Thessalonians 3:12
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1 Thessalonians 3:12
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12 And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you.(A)
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12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other(A) and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.
1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
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1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
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9 Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another,(A) 10 and indeed you do love all the brothers and sisters throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,
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1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
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9 Now about your love for one another(A) we do not need to write to you,(B) for you yourselves have been taught by God(C) to love each other.(D) 10 And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia.(E) Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,(F)
Hebrews 13:1
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Hebrews 13:1
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Concluding Exhortations
13 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.(A)
1 Timothy 1:5
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1 Timothy 1:5
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5 But the aim of such instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith.(A)
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5 The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart(A) and a good conscience(B) and a sincere faith.(C)
2 Thessalonians 1:3
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2 Thessalonians 1:3
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Thanksgiving
3 We must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.(A)
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2 Thessalonians 1:3
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Thanksgiving and Prayer
3 We ought always to thank God for you,(A) brothers and sisters,[a] and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.(B)
Footnotes
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 2:1, 13, 15; 3:1, 6, 13.
2 Peter 1:6-7
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2 Peter 1:6-7
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6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, 7 and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love.
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6 and to knowledge, self-control;(A) and to self-control, perseverance;(B) and to perseverance, godliness;(C) 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.(D)
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