Colossians 2:2
2:2 My goal is that
their hearts, having been knit together
in love, may be encouraged, and that
they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
John 13:34
13:34 “I give you a new commandment – to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
John 15:12
15:12 My commandment is this – to love one another just as I have loved you.
Romans 13:8
Exhortation to Love Neighbors
13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:1
Submission to Civil Government
13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
Colossians 1:1-13
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
1:2 to the saints, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you from God our Father!
Paul’s Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Church
1:3 We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
1:4 since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.
1:5 Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel
1:6 that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
1:7 You learned the gospel from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave – a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf –
1:8 who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
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,
1:10 so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
1:11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully
1:12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.
1:13 He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,
Ephesians 5:2
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 4:9
4:9 Now what is the meaning of “
he ascended,” except that he also descended
to the lower regions,
namely, the earth?
Ephesians 4:1
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,
Ephesians 1:5
1:5 He did this by predestining
us to adoption as his
sons
through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure
of his will –
Ephesians 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 4:8
4:8 Therefore it says
, “
When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.”
Ephesians 4:2
4:2 with all humility and gentleness,
with patience, bearing with
one another in love,
Ephesians 1:7
1:7 In him
we have redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
Ephesians 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 3:1
Paul's Relationship to the Divine Mystery
3:1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles –
Ephesians 4:21
4:21 if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.