Bible Cross References
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Colossians 3:14
And to all these qualities add love, which binds all things together in perfect unity.
James 5:12
Above all, my friends, do not use an oath when you make a promise. Do not swear by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Say only "Yes" when you mean yes, and "No" when you mean no, and then you will not come under God's judgment.
3 John 1:2
My dear friend, I pray that everything may go well with you and that you may be in good health---as I know you are well in spirit.
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1 Peter 1:22
Now that by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves and have come to have a sincere love for other believers, love one another earnestly with all your heart.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
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I may be able to speak the languages of human beings and even of angels, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell.
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I may have the gift of inspired preaching; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains---but if I have no love, I am nothing.
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I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burned ---but if I have no love, this does me no good.
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Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud;
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love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs;
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love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth.
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Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail.
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Love is eternal. There are inspired messages, but they are temporary; there are gifts of speaking in strange tongues, but they will cease; there is knowledge, but it will pass.
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For our gifts of knowledge and of inspired messages are only partial;
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but when what is perfect comes, then what is partial will disappear.
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When I was a child, my speech, feelings, and thinking were all those of a child; now that I am an adult, I have no more use for childish ways.
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What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror; then we shall see face-to-face. What I know now is only partial; then it will be complete---as complete as God's knowledge of me.
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Meanwhile these three remain: faith, hope, and love; and the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 14:1
It is love, then, that you should strive for. Set your hearts on spiritual gifts, especially the gift of proclaiming God's message.
1 Thessalonians 3:12
May the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow more and more and become as great as our love for you.
1 Thessalonians 4:9
There is no need to write you about love for each other. You yourselves have been taught by God how you should love one another.
1 Thessalonians 4:10
And you have, in fact, behaved like this toward all the believers in all of Macedonia. So we beg you, our friends, to do even more.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
Our friends, we must thank God at all times for you. It is right for us to do so, because your faith is growing so much and the love each of you has for the others is becoming greater.
1 Timothy 1:5
The purpose of this order is to arouse the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a genuine faith.
Hebrews 13:1
Keep on loving one another as Christians.
2 Peter 1:6
to your knowledge add self-control; to your self-control add endurance; to your endurance add godliness;
2 Peter 1:7
to your godliness add Christian affection; and to your Christian affection add love.
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Proverbs 10:12
Hate stirs up trouble, but love forgives all offenses.
Proverbs 12:16
When a fool is annoyed, he quickly lets it be known. Smart people will ignore an insult.
Proverbs 17:9
If you want people to like you, forgive them when they wrong you. Remembering wrongs can break up a friendship.
Proverbs 18:13
Listen before you answer. If you don't, you are being stupid and insulting.
1 Corinthians 13:7
Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail.
James 5:20
remember this: whoever turns a sinner back from the wrong way will save that sinner's soul from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins.