Love

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[font="Verdana][size="2"]Matthew 24:12
Because of the increase of wickedness, the love [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]of most will grow cold,[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]Luke 6:27
[ Love for Enemies ] “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,[/size][/font][font="Verdana] [/font][font="Verdana][color="#5C1101"]

1 John 4:8
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[/color][sup]8[/sup] Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

[/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]Romans 5:8
But God demonstrates his own love [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]Romans 8:35
Who shall separate us from the love [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]Romans 8:39
neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in love[/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]. Honor one another above yourselves.[/size][/font]
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[color="#ff0000"][font="Verdana][size="2"]Romans 13:8
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever love[/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]s others has fulfilled the law.[/size][/font][/color]
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[font="Verdana] [/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]and with a gentle spirit?[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]1 Corinthians 8:1
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]builds up.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]1 Corinthians 13:1
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love[/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"], I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]2 Corinthians 13:11
Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]and peace will be with you.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]Ephesians 1:4
For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]love[/size][/font]
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Ephesians 2:3-5
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[sup]3[/sup] All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh[sup][a][/sup] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.[sup]4[/sup] But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, [sup]5[/sup] made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.

[/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]Ephesians 3:18
may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]of Christ,[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]Ephesians 3:19
and to know this love [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]Ephesians 4:2
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love[/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"].[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]Colossians 3:14
And over all these virtues put on love[/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"], which binds them all together in perfect unity.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]1 Thessalonians 3:12
May the Lord make your love [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]1 Thessalonians 4:9
Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]each other.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]1 Timothy 1:5
The goal of this command is love[/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"], which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]1 Peter 1:22
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]one another deeply, from the heart.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love each other deeply, because love [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]covers over a multitude of sins.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]1 John 2:5
But if anyone obeys his word, love [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him:[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]1 John 2:10
Anyone who love[/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]s their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]remains in death.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]1 John 3:17
If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]of God be in that person?[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="6"]1 John 3:18
Dear children, let us not love [/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="6"]with words or speech but with actions and in truth.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]1 John 4:7[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana][size="2"][ God’s Love and Ours ] Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who love[/size][/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]s has been born of God and knows God.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="5"]1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.[/size][/font][font="Verdana] [/font][font="Verdana][size="2"]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]2 John 1:6
And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="5"]Here is the truth - Love is the entire point of the NT and the Christian life.[/size][/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="5"]What is the meaning of life? [/size]Love and forgiveness[/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="5"]What is the answer to sin and pain? [/size]Love and forgiveness[/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="5"]What is the end result of justification and sanctification? [/size]Perfect love and perfect forgiveness[/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="5"]What is God's will for our lives? [/size]That we learn to love and forgive perfectly[/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="5"]Why is the Gospel considered a simple message that confounds the wise?[/size] Love and forgiveness[/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="5"]Why are Christians commanded to give everything away?[/size] Love of God and neighbor[/font]
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[size="5"][font="Verdana][color="#000080"]Why are we called to love?[/color] God created us to love and plan to do so before time and creation.[/font]
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[font="Verdana][color="#ff0000"]I hope everyone is sensing a pattern here....love is powerful, it is the antidote for sin......gratitude is the antidote for pride.[/color][/font][/size]

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