What does the Bible say about love one another?
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The Bible commands believers to love one another sincerely, sacrificially, and in response to God’s saving love shown in Christ. Jesus gives this as a new commandment in John 13:34-35 and John 15:12, making love for fellow disciples a visible mark of belonging to Him. Romans 12:10 calls Christians to devoted affection and humble honor, while Romans 13:8 teaches that love fulfills God’s law toward others. This love is not mere speech but practical care and truth, as 1 John 3:18 teaches. Because God loved us first by sending His Son to atone for our sins, 1 John 4:7-11 calls us to love one another deeply, forgiving and serving as those united by grace.
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- John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.
- 1 John 4:20
If a man says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn't love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
- 1 Peter 4:8
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
- John 13:34-35
[34] A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. [35] By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
- Romans 12:10
In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;
- 1 John 4:7-10
[7] Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God. [8] He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love. [9] By this was God's love revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. [10] In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
- Romans 13:8
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
- 1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
- 1 John 3:18
My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
- John 15:12
"This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
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