Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it would be utterly scorned.

“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you;
the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.”

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.

Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Do everything in love.

Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.

Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Jesus replied: “’Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding,

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us…

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.