Bible Cross References
the Lord
1 Thessalonians 4:10
and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, that you abound more and more;
Psalm 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Luke 17:5
And the apostles said to the Lord, Give us more faith.
2 Corinthians 9:10
Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for eating, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness,
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of Lights, with whom there is no change or shadow of turning.
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
abound
1 Thessalonians 4:9
But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;
1 Thessalonians 4:10
and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, that you abound more and more;
Philippians 1:9
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in full true knowledge and all discernment,
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,
love
1 Thessalonians 5:15
See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.
Matthew 7:12
Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 22:39
And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Romans 13:8
Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the Law.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
1
If I were to speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become as sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
2
And if I were to have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I were to have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3
And if I were to bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I were to give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4
Love is longsuffering and is kind; love does not envy; love does not boast itself, is not puffed up;
5
does not behave indecently, does not seek its own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;
6
does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7
covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8
Love never fails. But if there are prophecies, they will come to an end; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will come to an end.
9
For we know in part and we prophesy in part.
10
But when the complete whole comes, then that which is in part will come to an end.
11
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put an end to childish things.
12
For now we see through a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall fully know just as I also am fully known.
13
And now remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
Galatians 5:13
For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
Galatians 5:14
For all the Law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
2 Peter 1:7
with godliness brotherly affection, and with brotherly affection love.
1 John 3:11-19
11
For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,
12
not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother's righteous.
13
Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.
14
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother remains in death.
15
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
16
By this we know the love of God, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17
But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
18
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
19
And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.
1 John 4:7-16
7
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God.
8
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
9
In this the love of God was revealed in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
10
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
13
By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
14
And we have seen and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.
15
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
16
And we have known and believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
even
1 Thessalonians 2:8
So, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but also our own souls, because you had become beloved to us.