What does God tell us about loving one another?
Yet Jesus also said, “I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must also love one another” (John 13:34).
What does the Bible say about love between two people?
Love as you want to be loved John 15:12: My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Luke 6:31: Do to others as you would have them do to you. Corinthians 16:14: Do everything in love. Proverbs 17:17: A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
How many times does the Bible tell us to love one another?
The phrase “one another” is derived from the Greek word allelon which means “one another, each other; mutually, reciprocally.” It occurs 100 times in the New Testament. Approximately 59 of those occurrences are specific commands teaching us how (and how not) to relate to one another.
What is the meaning of Romans 12 10?
MEANING. The love of God, demonstrated by Jesus on the cross, is our foundation for how to treat others. We are to be devoted—committed—to other Christians; to act selflessly. We are to honor each other (regardless of status, position, or any other factor) because we are all precious children of God, our Father.
What does the Bible say about love before knowing each other?
All commentators refer to the well-known saying of St. John at Ephesus, as recorded by Jerome, “This is the Lord’s commandment. If ye love one another it is enough” (Tholuck refers to Tertullian’s ‘Apol.,’ 39; Minucius Felix, “They love before they know each other ;” and Lucian, “Their Master makes them believe they are brothers,” ‘De Mort.
What does the Bible say about all beings being one?
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, artin me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. Genesis 13:7,8 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land… Acts 4:32-35
What does the Bible say about lending to others?
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,