15 Bible Verses about Love to Christ
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Him you love, though your eyes have never looked on Him. In Him, though at present you cannot see Him, you nevertheless trust, and triumph with a joy which is unspeakable and is crowned with glory,
For, with me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
It is by this that every one will know that you are my disciples--if you love one another."
This is my commandment to you, to love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this--a man laying down his life for his friends.
"'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God,'" he replied, "'with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole strength, and thy whole mind; and thy fellow man as much as thyself.'"
Dear friends, let us love one another; for love has its origin in God, and every one who loves has become a child of God and is beginning to know God.
And live and act lovingly, as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up to death on our behalf as an offering and sacrifice to God, yielding a fragrant odor.
But whoever obeys His Message, in him love for God has in very deed reached perfection. By this we can know that we are in Him.
We know what love is--through Christ's having laid down His life on our behalf; and in the same way we ought to lay down our lives for our brother men.
He who professes to know Him, and yet does not obey His commands, is a liar, and the truth has no place in his heart.
If any one says that he loves God, while he hates his brother man, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother man whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
A new commandment I give you, to love one another; that as I have loved you, you also may love one another.
Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;
If any one is destitute of love to the Lord, let him be accursed. OUR LORD IS COMING.
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Love to Christ » Should be » Ardent
Love to Christ » The wicked destitute of
If the world hates you, remember that it has first had me as the fixed object of its hatred.
But this has been so, in order that the saying may be fulfilled which stands written in their Law, 'They have hated me without any reason.'
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Obeying him
He who has my commandments and obeys them--he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will clearly reveal myself to him."
"If you love me, you will obey my commandments.
"If any one loves me," replied Jesus, "he will obey my teaching; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Ministering to him
"But the King will answer them, "'In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you rendered such services to one of the humblest of these my brethren, you rendered them to myself.'
And there were a number of women there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to His necessities;
Love to Christ » Should be » Even unto death
His reply was, "What can you mean by thus breaking my heart with your grief? Why, as for me, I am ready not only to go to Jerusalem and be put in chains, but even to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."
But they have gained the victory over him because of the blood of the Lamb and of the testimony which they have borne, and because they held their lives cheap and did not shrink even from death.
Love to Christ » They who have » Are loved by Christ
He who has my commandments and obeys them--he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will clearly reveal myself to him."
Love to Christ » Promises to
Blessed is he who patiently endures trials; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the victor's crown--even the crown of Life--which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
From this time onward there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who love the thought of His Appearing.
Love to Christ » Exhibited by God
He was still speaking when a luminous cloud spread over them; and a voice was heard from within the cloud, which said, "This is My Son dearly beloved, in whom is My delight. Listen to Him."
For the Father loves the Son and reveals to Him all that He Himself is doing. And greater deeds than these will He reveal to Him, in order that you may wonder.
Love to Christ » They who have » Are loved by the father
He who has my commandments and obeys them--he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will clearly reveal myself to him."
for the Father Himself holds you dear, because you have held me dear and have believed that I came from the Father's presence.
Love to Christ » His personal excellence is deserving of
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Seeking him
Love to Christ » Should be » With the soul
Love to Christ » Should be » Unquenchable
Love to Christ » Want of, denounced
If any one is destitute of love to the Lord, let him be accursed. OUR LORD IS COMING.
Love to Christ » A characteristic of saints
Love to Christ » His love to us a motive to
For the love of Christ overmasters us, the conclusion at which we have arrived being this--that One having died for all, His death was their death,
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Joseph of arimathea
Towards sunset there came a wealthy inhabitant of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and begged to have the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered it to be given to him. So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean sheet of fine linen. read more.
He then laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn in the solid rock, and after rolling a great stone against the door of the tomb he went home.
Love to Christ » Increase of, to be prayed for
And it is my prayer that your love may be more and more accompanied by clear knowledge and keen perception, for testing things that differ,
Love to Christ » Should be » Sincere
Love to Christ » Pray for grace to those who have
Love to Christ » Decrease of, rebuked
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Preferring him to all others
Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
Love to Christ » Manifested in » Taking up the cross for him
and any one who does not take up his cross and follow where I lead is not worthy of me.
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Peter
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others do?" "Yes, Master," was his answer; "you know that you are dear to me." "Then feed my lambs," replied Jesus. Again a second time He asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" "Yes, Master," he said, "you know that you are dear to me." "Then be a shepherd to my sheep," He said. A third time Jesus put the question: "Simon, son of John, am I dear to you?" It grieved Peter that Jesus asked him the third time, "Am I dear to you?" "Master," he replied, "you know everything, you can see that you are dear to me." "Then feed my much-loved sheep," said Jesus.
Love to Christ » Should be » Supreme
Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
Love to Christ » Exhibited by saints
Him you love, though your eyes have never looked on Him. In Him, though at present you cannot see Him, you nevertheless trust, and triumph with a joy which is unspeakable and is crowned with glory,
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Mary magdalene
Meanwhile Mary remained standing near the tomb, weeping aloud. She did not enter the tomb, but as she wept she stooped and looked in,
Love to Christ » They who have » Enjoy communion with God and Christ
"If any one loves me," replied Jesus, "he will obey my teaching; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Certain women
But Jesus turned towards them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Thomas
"Let us go also," Thomas, the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "that we may die with him."
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Paul
His reply was, "What can you mean by thus breaking my heart with your grief? Why, as for me, I am ready not only to go to Jerusalem and be put in chains, but even to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."
Love to Christ » Exemplified » Penitent woman
This is the reason why I tell you that her sins, her many sins, are forgiven--because she has loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little."
Love to Christ » Should be » In proportion to our mercies
This is the reason why I tell you that her sins, her many sins, are forgiven--because she has loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little."
Love to Christ » An evidence of adoption
"If God were your Father," said Jesus, "you would love me; for it is from God that I came and I am now here. I have not come of myself, but *He* sent me.
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