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Love in Action
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
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Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
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If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.
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However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him—
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For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.
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But whoever loves God is known by God.
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Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.
Love Is Indispensable
And yet I will show you the most excellent way.
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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
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Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
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And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
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For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
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may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
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Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
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And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
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Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
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My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
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Thanksgiving and Prayer
We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.
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The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
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For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
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Appointing Elders Who Love What Is Good
The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
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Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.
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yet I prefer to appeal to you on the basis of love. It is as none other than Paul—an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—
