Matthew 22:37-40
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37 And he said to him, (A)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And (B)a second is like it: (C)You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 (D)On these two commandments depend (E)all the Law and the Prophets.”
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1 John 5:3
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3 For (A)this is the love of God, that we (B)keep his commandments. And (C)his commandments are not burdensome.
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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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1 John 4:11
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11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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Philippians 2:3-4
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3 Do nothing from (A)selfish ambition or (B)conceit, but in (C)humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you (D)look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
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Matthew 5:43-48
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Love Your Enemies
43 (A)“You have heard that it was said, (B)‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, (C)Love your enemies and (D)pray for those who persecute you, 45 (E)so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and (F)sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 (G)For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your brothers,[a] what more are you doing than others? Do not even (H)the Gentiles do the same? 48 (I)You therefore must be (J)perfect, (K)as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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- Matthew 5:47 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
John 4:24
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24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
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2 Timothy 2:15
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15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,[a] a worker (A)who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
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- 2 Timothy 2:15 That is, one approved after being tested
Romans 12:12
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12 (A)Rejoice in hope, (B)be patient in tribulation, (C)be constant in prayer.
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1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
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16 (A)Rejoice always, 17 (B)pray without ceasing, 18 (C)give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
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Ephesians 5:18
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18 And (A)do not get drunk with wine, for that is (B)debauchery, but (C)be filled with the Spirit,
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2 Peter 1:5-15
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5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith (A)with virtue,[a] and virtue (B)with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control (C)with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness (D)with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection (E)with love. 8 For if these qualities[b] are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or (F)unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he (G)is blind, having forgotten that he was (H)cleansed from his former sins. 10 Therefore, brothers,[c] be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and (I)election, for if you practice these qualities (J)you will never fall. 11 For in this way there will be richly provided for you (K)an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
12 Therefore I intend (L)always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in (M)the truth that you have. 13 I think it right, as long as I am in this (N)body,[d] (O)to stir you up by way of reminder, 14 (P)since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, (Q)as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. 15 And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.
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- 2 Peter 1:5 Or excellence; twice in this verse
- 2 Peter 1:8 Greek these things; also verses 9, 10, 12
- 2 Peter 1:10 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
- 2 Peter 1:13 Greek tent; also verse 14
John 15:1-16
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I Am the True Vine
15 “I am the (A)true vine, and my Father is (B)the vinedresser. 2 (C)Every branch in me that does not bear fruit (D)he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, (E)that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already (F)you are clean (G)because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 (H)Abide (I)in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; (J)you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that (K)bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me (L)he is thrown away like a branch and withers; (M)and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If (N)you abide in me, and my words abide in you, (O)ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 (P)By this my Father is glorified, that you (Q)bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 (R)As the Father has loved me, (S)so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 (T)If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as (U)I have kept (V)my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, (W)that my joy may be in you, and that (X)your joy may be full.
12 (Y)“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 (Z)Greater love has no one than this, (AA)that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are (AB)my friends (AC)if you do what I command you. 15 (AD)No longer do I call you servants,[a] for the servant (AE)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for (AF)all that I have heard from my Father (AG)I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but (AH)I chose you and appointed you that you should go and (AI)bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that (AJ)whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
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- John 15:15 Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20
1 Thessalonians 5:11
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11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
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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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Hebrews 10:24
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24 And (A)let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
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Romans 8:25-27
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25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we (A)wait for it with patience.
26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For (B)we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but (C)the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And (D)he who searches hearts knows what is (E)the mind of the Spirit, because[a] the Spirit (F)intercedes for the saints (G)according to the will of God.
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- Romans 8:27 Or that
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