1 John 3:14-16
3:14 We know that
we have crossed over
from death to life
because
we love our fellow Christians.
The one who does not love remains in death.
3:15 Everyone who hates his fellow Christian
is a murderer,
and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing
in him.
3:16 We have come to know love by this:
that Jesus
laid down
his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.
1 John 4:11
4:11 Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another.
John 15:12-15
15:12 My commandment is this – to love one another just as I have loved you.
15:13 No one has greater love than this – that one lays down his life
for his friends.
15:14 You are my friends
if you do what I command you.
15:15 I no longer call you slaves,
because the slave does not understand
what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything
I heard
from my Father.
John 15:2
15:2 He takes away
every branch that does not bear
fruit in me. He
prunes
every branch that bears
fruit so that it will bear more fruit.
Colossians 1:9
Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church
1:9 For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Ephesians 5:1-2
Live in Love
5:1 Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children
5:2 and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
Ephesians 5:1
Live in Love
5:1 Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children
Ephesians 1:21
1:21 far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
Ephesians 4:1-3
Live in Unity
4:1 I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,
4:2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
4:3 making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.