“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (NIV) John 13:34-35
Loving and caring for one another is not an option for the Christian. It is a mandate. Our love for one another is the solid proof of our love for the God.
- My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. (John 15:12)
- This is my command: Love each other. (John 15:17)
- Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. (Romans 12:10)
- Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. (Romans 12:10)
- You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. (Galatians 5:13)
- Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. (Ephesians 4:2)
- May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. (1 Thessalonians 3:12)
- Now about brotherly love we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. (1 Thessalonians 4:9)
- And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. (Hebrews 10:24)
- Keep on loving each other as brothers. (Hebrews 13:1)
- Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart. (1 Peter 1:22)
- Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. (1 Peter 3:8)
- Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. (1 Peter 4:8)
- This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. (I John 3:11)
- And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. (I John 3:23)
- Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. (I John 4:7)
- Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. (I John 4:11)
- No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. (I John 4:12)
- And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. (2 John 1:5)
Written by Marji “Mike” Kruger
