Love
virtueThe central command of the Christian life — wholehearted love for God and the same self-giving love toward every neighbor.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
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Reading Path
Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”Romans 5:8 →
“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”Hebrews 13:4 →
“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”Colossians 3:18 →
“And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:”Deuteronomy 6:6 →
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Anchor Scriptures 19 verses
“And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”
Read in context →“Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.”
Read in context →“For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.”
Read in context →“Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.”
Read in context →“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Read in context →“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Read in context →“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”
Read in context →“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”
Read in context →“And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
Read in context →“And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.”
Read in context →“And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”
Read in context →“Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.”
Read in context →“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”
Read in context →“And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
Read in context →“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”
Read in context →“And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.”
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