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Proverbs 10:12
Hate stirs up fights. But love erases all sins by forgiving them.
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Colossians 3:14
And over all these good things put on love. Love holds them all together perfectly as if they were one.
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Proverbs 17:9
Whoever wants to show love forgives a wrong. But those who talk about it separate close friends.
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1 Peter 1 22
You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. So you have an honest and true love for each other. So love one another deeply, from your hearts.
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James 5:20
Then here is what I want you to remember. Anyone who keeps a sinner from going astray will save them from death. God will erase many sins by forgiving them.
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1 Thessalonians 3 12
May the Lord make your love grow. May it be like a rising flood. May your love for one another increase. May it also increase for everyone else. May it be just like our love for you.
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1 Corinthians 13 1-1 Corinthians 14 1
Suppose I speak in the languages of human beings or of angels. If I don’t have love, I am only a loud gong or a noisy cymbal.Suppose I have the gift of prophecy. Suppose I can understand all the secret things of God and know everything about him. And suppose I have enough faith to move mountains. If I don’t have love, I am nothing at all.Suppose I give everything I have to poor people. And suppose I give myself over to a difficult life so I can brag. If I don’t have love, I get nothing at all.Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not want what belongs to others. It does not brag. It is not proud.It does not dishonor other people. It does not look out for its own interests. It does not easily become angry. It does not keep track of other people’s wrongs.Love is not happy with evil. But it is full of joy when the truth is spoken.It always protects. It always trusts. It always hopes. It never gives up.Love never fails. But prophecy will pass away. Speaking in languages that had not been known before will end. And knowledge will pass away.What we know now is not complete. What we prophesy now is not perfect.But when what is complete comes, the things that are not complete will pass away.When I was a child, I talked like a child. I thought like a child. I had the understanding of a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.Now we see only a dim likeness of things. It is as if we were seeing them in a foggy mirror. But someday we will see clearly. We will see face to face. What I know now is not complete. But someday I will know completely, just as God knows me completely.The three most important things to have are faith, hope and love. But the greatest of them is love.Follow the way of love. You should also want the gifts the Holy Spirit gives. Most of all, you should want the gift of prophecy.
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1 Thessalonians 4 9-1 Thessalonians 4 10
We don’t need to write to you about your love for one another. God himself has taught you to love one another.In fact, you do love all God’s family all around Macedonia. Brothers and sisters, we are asking you to love one another more and more.
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2 Thessalonians 1 3
Brothers and sisters, we should always thank God for you. That is only right, because your faith is growing more and more. We also thank God that the love you all have for one another is increasing.
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1 Timothy 1 5
Love is the purpose of my command. Love comes from a pure heart. It comes from a good sense of what is right and wrong. It comes from faith that is honest and true.
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2 Peter 1 6-2 Peter 1 7
To knowledge, add the ability to control yourselves. To the ability to control yourselves, add the strength to keep going. To the strength to keep going, add godliness.To godliness, add kindness for one another. And to kindness for one another, add love.
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Proverbs 18:13
To answer before listening is foolish and shameful.
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Proverbs 12:16
Foolish people are easily upset. But wise people pay no attention to hurtful words.
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Hebrews 13:1
Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.
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3 John 1 2
(niv)
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James 5:12
Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear— not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple“ Yes” or“ No.” Otherwise you will be condemned. (niv)