Love One Another

To love one another is a command from our Lord, Jesus Christ. I found at least 14 verses in the New Testaments that repeating the Lord’s command to love each other for He has loved us first.

  • John 15:12 (ESV) – “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
  • 1 John 3:11 (ESV) – For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
  • John 13:34 (ESV) – A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
  • John 15:17 (ESV) – These things I command you, so that you will love one another. The Hatred of the World
  • Romans 12:10 (ESV) – Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
  • 1 John 4:11 (ESV) – Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:9 (ESV) – Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another,
  • 1 Peter 1:22 (ESV) – Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
  • 1 Peter 4:8 (ESV) – Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
  • 1 John 3:10 (ESV) – By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. Love One Another
  • 1 John 3:23 (ESV) – And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
  • 1 John 4:7 (ESV) – Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
  • 1 John 4:12 (ESV) – No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
  • 2 John 1:5 (ESV) – And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

I found this notes posted on our church bulletin few months ago and I thought I’d love to share these practical ways that we all  can do to show love to others so that they may know God’s love.

10 Ways To Love

  1. Listen without interrupting (Proverbs 18)
  2. Speak without accusing (James 1:18)
  3. Give without sparing (Proverbs 21:26)
  4. Pray without ceasing (Colossians 1:9)
  5. Answer without arguing (Proverbs 17:1)
  6. Share without pretending (Ephesians 4:!5)
  7. Enjoy without complaint (Philippians 2:14)
  8. Trust without wavering (1 Corinthians 13:7)
  9. Forgive without punishing (Colossians 3:13)
  10. Promise without forgetting (Proverbs 13:12)

What do you do to show love to others?

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