kSee 1 Cor. 1:5
zSee John 13:34
1 Corinthians 16:21-22
21I, Paul, write athis greeting with my own hand. 22If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be baccursed. Our Lord, come! ▼▼Greek Maranatha (a transliteration of Aramaic)
2 Corinthians 4:5
5For what dwe proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with eourselves as your servants ▼▼Greek bondservants
for Jesus’ sake. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
14For the love of Christ gcontrols us, because we have concluded this: that hone has died for all, therefore all have died; 15and he died for all, ithat those who live might no longer live for themselves but jfor him who for their sake died and was raised.2 Corinthians 8:7-9
7But as kyou 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
— msee that you excel in this act of grace also. 8 nI 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 othough he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
Galatians 5:6
6For in Christ Jesus pneither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but qonly faith working through love.Galatians 5:13
13For you were called to freedom, brothers. rOnly do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love sserve one another.Galatians 5:22
22But tthe fruit of the Spirit is ulove, joy, peace, patience, vkindness, goodness, faithfulness,1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
9Now concerning wbrotherly love xyou have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been ytaught by God zto love one another, 10for that indeed is what aayou are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to abdo this more and more,
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