A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

We love because He first loved us.

‘May the LORD bless you and keep you; may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’

Now may the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness, and I will also show you the same favor because you have done this.

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.

But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity. This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, . . .

May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”

We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,

We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” . . .

A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”

Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.

Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God.

Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.

Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children. May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face, that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric. For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ. . . .

Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

I thank my God every time I remember you.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!

Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.

Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God.

Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.

I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.

Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.

Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.

But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!

This is My command to you: Love one another.

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.

I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

All the brothers here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.

Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints— the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel . . .

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.

Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,

Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me.

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

For no word from God will ever fail.”

We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.

And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’