a[Prov. 10:12; 17:9; 1 Thess. 5:14; 2 Tim. 2:10; 1 Pet. 4:8]
b[2 Cor. 6:6; Gal. 5:22; Eph. 4:32; Col. 3:12]
cActs 7:9
dSee ch. 4:6
eSee ch. 10:24
f[Rom. 4:6; 2 Cor. 5:19]
h[Rom. 1:32; 2 Thess. 2:12]
i[2 John 4; 3 John 3, 4]
jch. 9:12
k[See ver. 4 above]
lActs 18:5
mRom. 5:15
n[Rom. 6:11, 12]; See Rom. 14:7
o[ch. 12:10]
pSee 1 Cor. 1:5
rch. 9:8
s1 Cor. 7:6
tPhil. 2:6, 7; [ch. 6:10; Matt. 20:28]
u1 Pet. 2:16; Jude 4; [1 Cor. 8:9; 2 Pet. 2:19]
v1 Cor. 9:19
wCol. 1:4
xEph. 1:15
yPhil. 1:9; Col. 1:9
aa[2 Cor. 7:4, 13; Col. 4:11]
abver. 20; 2 Tim. 1:16; [Rom. 15:32; 2 Cor. 7:13]
acProv. 19:17; Matt. 10:42; 25:40; Mark 9:41
ad1 Thess. 1:3
aeRom. 15:31; 2 Cor. 8:4; 9:1, 12; 2 Tim. 1:18; Rev. 2:19
afRom. 5:2-5

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

4 aLove is patient and bkind; love cdoes not envy or boast; it dis not arrogant 5or rude. It edoes not insist on its own way; it fis not irritable or resentful; ▼
▼Greek  irritable and does not count up wrongdoing
 6it hdoes not rejoice at wrongdoing, but irejoices with the truth. 7 jLove bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, kendures all things.

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

14For the love of Christ lcontrols us, because we have concluded this: that mone has died for all, therefore all have died; 15and he died for all, nthat those who live might no longer live for themselves but ofor him who for their sake died and was raised.

2 Corinthians 8:7-9

7But as pyou excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you ▼
▼Some manuscripts  in your love for us
— rsee that you excel in this act of grace also.

8 sI say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. 9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that tthough he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

Galatians 5:13

13For you were called to freedom, brothers. uOnly do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love vserve one another.

Philemon 5-7

5because I whear of your love and xof the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, 6and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full yknowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ. ▼
▼Or for Christ’s service
 7For I have derived much joy and aacomfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints abhave been refreshed through you.

Hebrews 6:10-11

10For acGod is not unjust so as to overlook adyour work and the love that you have shown for his name in aeserving the saints, as you still do. 11And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance afof hope until the end,
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