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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Ephesians 5:2

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²And ^(A)walk in love, ^(B)as Christ loved us and ^(C)gave himself up for us, a ^(D)fragrant ^(E)offering and sacrifice to God.

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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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²²Having 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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John 15:17

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¹⁷These things I command you, ^(A)so that you will love one another.

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1 Corinthians 12:26-27

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²⁶If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, ^(A)all rejoice together.

²⁷Now ^(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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²³And 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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1 John 4:21-5:1

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²¹And ^(A)this commandment we have from him: ^(B)whoever loves God must also love his brother.

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5 ^(C)Everyone who believes that ^(D)Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and ^(E)everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.

1 John 4:7-11

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God Is Love

⁷Beloved, ^(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. ⁹In 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. ¹⁰In 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. ¹¹Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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1 John 2:7-10

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The New Commandment

⁷Beloved, 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. ⁸At 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. ⁹Whoever says he is in the light and ^(G)hates his brother is still in darkness. ¹⁰Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him^[b] there is no ^(H)cause for stumbling.

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James 2:8

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⁸If 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 Thessalonians 3:12

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¹²and 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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1 John 3:14-18

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¹⁴We 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.

¹⁶By 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. ¹⁷But ^(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? ¹⁸Little children, let us not ^(I)love in word or talk but in deed and ^(J)in truth.

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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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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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Galatians 5:13-14

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¹³For 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. ¹⁴For ^(C)the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ^(D)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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2 John 5

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⁵And 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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1 John 3:11

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Love One Another

¹¹For ^(A)this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, ^(B)that we should love one another.

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Galatians 6:10

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¹⁰So 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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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 ⁵or rude. It ^(E)does not insist on its own way; it ^(F)is not irritable or resentful;^[a] ⁶it ^(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

Leviticus 19:34

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³⁴^(A)You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and ^(B)you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

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1 Peter 3:8-9

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Suffering for Righteousness' Sake

⁸Finally, 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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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