Quotes About Love

So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ëMy Peopleí who are not My people, and I will call her ëMy Belovedí who is not My beloved,”

and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ëYou are not My people,í they will be called ësons of the living God.í”

Brothers, my heartís desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.

For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,

Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.

For Godís gifts and His call are irrevocable.

For God has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone.

so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.

Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.

Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for Godís wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.

The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.