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Colossians 2:19
He has not held fast to the head from whom the whole body, supported and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.
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John 15:5
“ I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me– and I in him– bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.
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1 Corinthians 13 13-1 Corinthians 14 1
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
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Colossians 2:2
My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
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1 Thessalonians 4 9-1 Thessalonians 4 10
Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,
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Ephesians 4:12
to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,
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Philippians 1:9
And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight
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Psalms 139:15-16
my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth.Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb. All the days ordained for me were recorded in your scroll before one of them came into existence.
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Ephesians 1:4
For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.
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1 Thessalonians 3 12
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
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Job 10:10-11
Did you not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?You clothed me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews.
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Ephesians 4:15
But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.
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1 Timothy 1 5
But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.
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Ephesians 3:17
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,
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1 Thessalonians 2 13
And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.
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1 Corinthians 13 4-1 Corinthians 13 9
Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.It is not rude, it is not self- serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.It is not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth.It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.For we know in part, and we prophesy in part,
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Ephesians 3:7
I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.
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1 Corinthians 12 12-1 Corinthians 12 28
For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body– though many– are one body, so too is Christ.For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether Jews or Greeks or slaves or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit.For in fact the body is not a single member, but many.If the foot says,“ Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.And if the ear says,“ Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell?But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.If they were all the same member, where would the body be?So now there are many members, but one body.The eye cannot say to the hand,“ I do not need you,” nor in turn can the head say to the foot,“ I do not need you.”On the contrary, those members that seem to be weaker are essential,and those members we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are clothed with dignity,but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member,so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another.If one member suffers, everyone suffers with it. If a member is honored, all rejoice with it.Now you are Christ’s body, and each of you is a member of it.And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues.
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Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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1 Thessalonians 1 3
because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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1John 4:16
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1 Peter 1 22
You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
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Galatians 5:13-14
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely,“ You must love your neighbor as yourself.”
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1 Corinthians 8 1
With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that“ we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
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2 Thessalonians 1 3
We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
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Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight– the only thing that matters is faith working through love.