8 Bible Verses about Affection, Of Paul For The Church
Most Relevant Verses
For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies.
If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children. Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints, don't cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,