John 13:14-15
13:14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another’s feet.
13:15 For I have given you an example
– you should do just as I have done for you.
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.
John 15:1
The Vine and the Branches
15:1 “I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.
Colossians 1:21
Paul’s Goal in Ministry
1:21 And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds,
James 2:8
2:8 But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture,
“
You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”
you are doing well.
James 2:1
Prejudice and the Law of Love
2:1 My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.
James 2:8-11
2:8 But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture,
“
You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”
you are doing well.
2:9 But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.
2:10 For the one who obeys the whole law but fails
in one point has become guilty of all of it.
2:11 For he who said, “
Do not commit adultery,”
also said, “
Do not murder.”
Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.
James 4:1
Passions and Pride
4:1 Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?