![]() Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. Let love and faithfulness never leave you bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.You, then, should wash one another’s feet. I, your Lord and Teacher, have just washed your feet.Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.Instead, you should decide never to do anything that would make others stumble or fall into sin. So then, let us stop judging one another.Love one another with brotherly affection. Abhor what is evil hold fast to what is good. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ” You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” – Galatians 5:14.If one of you says to them, “Go in peace keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? – James 2:14-16 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers all wrongs.Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.By this everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another.If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy’.Do to others as you would have them do to you.Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.Be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.No one has ever seen God but if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is made complete in us.My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.Blessed are those who have regard for the weak the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things – 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 It does not insist on its own way it is not irritable or resentful it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love is patient and kind love does not envy or boast it is not arrogant or rude. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |