1 Peter 4:8

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Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.

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  • Prov 10:12 : 12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
  • Prov 17:9 : 9 The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.
  • Col 3:14 : 14 And to all these virtues add love, which is the perfect bond.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
  • Jas 5:20 : 20 he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path will save that person’s soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
  • 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
  • 1 Thess 4:9-9 : 9 Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. 10 And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,
  • 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 Thanksgiving We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
  • 1 Cor 13:1-14:1 : 1 The Way of Love If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit. 4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful. 6 It is not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part, 10 but when what is perfect comes, the partial will be set aside. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, I set aside childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known. 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Prophecy and Tongues Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
  • 2 Pet 1:6-7 : 6 to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; 7 to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love.
  • 3 John 1:2 : 2 Dear friend, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul.
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.
  • Heb 13:1 : 1 Final Exhortations Brotherly love must continue.
  • Prov 18:13 : 13 The one who gives an answer before he listens– that is his folly and his shame.
  • Prov 12:16 : 16 A fool’s annoyance is known at once, but the prudent conceals dishonor.

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  • Col 3:13-14
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    13bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.

    14And to all these virtues add love, which is the perfect bond.

  • 1 Pet 4:9
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    9Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

  • Prov 10:12
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    12Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

  • 1 Pet 3:8
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    8Suffering for Doing Good Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

  • 1 Cor 16:14
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    14Everything you do should be done in love.

  • 2 Pet 1:7-8
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    7to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love.

    8For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately.

  • Eph 4:31-32
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    31You must put away all bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and slanderous talk– indeed all malice.

    32Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

  • 1 Pet 4:7
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    7Service, Suffering, and Judgment For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.

  • 1 Cor 13:4-5
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    4Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

    5It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.

  • Rom 12:9-10
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    9Conduct in Love Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

    10Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.

  • Eph 4:2-3
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    2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love,

    3making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

  • Heb 13:1
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    1Final Exhortations Brotherly love must continue.

  • 1 Cor 13:7
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    7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

  • 1 John 4:11
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    11Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another.

  • 1 Thess 3:12
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    12And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,

  • 1 Cor 14:1
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    1Prophecy and Tongues Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

  • 1 Thess 4:9-10
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    9Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

    10And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,

  • Jude 1:21-22
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    21maintain yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life.

    22And have mercy on those who waver;

  • 3 John 1:5-6
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    5The Charge to Gaius Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers(even though they are strangers).

    6They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

  • Heb 10:24
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    24And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,

  • 2 Cor 2:8
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    8Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

  • Prov 17:9
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    9The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

  • 2 Cor 8:7-8
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    7But as you excel in everything– in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you– make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.

    8I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.

  • 1 Tim 1:5
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    5But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.

  • 1 John 4:21
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    21And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.

  • 2 Thess 1:3
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    3Thanksgiving We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.

  • 1 Cor 13:13
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    13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

  • Gal 5:14
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    14For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely,“You must love your neighbor as yourself.”

  • 1 Pet 5:14
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    14Greet one another with a loving kiss. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.

  • John 13:35
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    35Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples– if you have love for one another.”

  • 1 Thess 5:13
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    13and to esteem them most highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

  • Acts 4:32
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    32Conditions Among the Early Believers The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.

  • 1 John 4:7
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    7God is Love Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.

  • Rom 13:8
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    8Exhortation to Love Neighbors Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

  • 1 Cor 12:31
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    31But you should be eager for the greater gifts.And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison.

  • 2 Cor 6:6
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    6by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by benevolence, by the Holy Spirit, by genuine love,

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.

  • 1 Pet 5:7
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    7by casting all your cares on him because he cares for you.

  • 2 Cor 4:15
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    15For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God.