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.
But the stranger
that
dwelleth with you
shall be
unto you
as one
born among you,
and
thou shalt love him
as thyself;
for ye
were strangers
in the land
of Egypt:
I am the LORD
your God.
Love ye
therefore the stranger:
for ye
were strangers
in the land
of Egypt.
Behold,
how good
and how pleasant it
is for brethren
to dwell together
in unity!
Hatred
stirreth up strifes:
but love
covereth all sins.
Better is a dinner
of herbs
where love is,
than a stalled ox
and hatred
therewith.
He that
covereth
a transgression
seeketh love;
but he
that
repeateth
a matter
separateth very friends.
A friend
loveth
at all times,
and a brother
is born
for adversity.
Rejoice not
when thine enemy falleth,
and let not
thine heart
be glad
when
he stumbleth:
Lest the LORD
see it,
and it
displease him,
and he
turn away
his wrath
from him.
Set me
as a seal
upon thine heart,
as a seal
upon thine arm:
for love
is strong
as death;
jealousy is cruel
as the grave:
the coals
thereof are coals
of fire,
which hath
a most vehement flame.
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.
And whosoever
shall compel thee to go
a mile,
go with him twain.
Give
to him
that asketh thee,
and from him that
would borrow
of thee
turn not thou away.
He that
receiveth
a prophet
in the name
of a prophet
shall receive
a prophet's reward;
and he
that receiveth a righteous man
in the name
of a righteous man
shall receive
a righteous man's reward.
And whosoever
shall give
to drink
unto one of these
little ones a cup
of cold
water only
in the name
of a disciple,
verily
I say unto you,
he shall in no wise
lose his reward.
Honour
thy father
and thy mother:
and,
Thou
shalt love
thy neighbour
as thyself.
For I
was an hungred,
and
ye gave me meat:
I was thirsty,
and
ye gave me drink:
I was a stranger,
and
ye took me in:
Naked,
and
ye clothed me:
I was sick,
and
ye visited me:
I was in prison,
and
ye came unto me.
Then shall
the righteous
answer him,
saying,
Lord,
when saw
we thee
an hungred,
and fed thee?
or thirsty,
and gave thee drink?
When saw
we thee
a stranger,
and took thee in?
or naked,
and clothed thee?
Or when
saw
we thee sick,
or in prison,
and came
unto thee?
For whosoever
shall give
you a cup
of water
to drink
in my name,
because
ye belong
to Christ,
verily
I say unto you,
he shall not lose
his reward.
And
thou shalt love
the Lord thy God
with all thy heart,
and
with all thy soul,
and
with all
thy mind,
and
with all thy strength:
this is the first commandment.
And the second
is like,
namely this,
Thou
shalt love
thy neighbour
as thyself.
There is
none other commandment
greater than these.
And
to love him
with all the heart,
and
with all
the understanding,
and
with all the soul,
and
with all the strength,
and
to love his neighbour
as himself,
is more than all
whole burnt offerings
and sacrifices.
And as ye
would
that men
should do to you,
do ye
also to them likewise.
For if
ye love them which love you,
what thank
have ye?
for sinners
also love
those that love them.
And
if ye
do good
to them
which do good
to you,
what thank
have ye?
for sinners
also do even
the same.
And
if ye
lend
to them
of whom
ye hope
to receive,
what thank
have ye?
for sinners
also lend
to sinners,
to receive
as much again.
But love
ye your enemies,
and do good,
and lend,
hoping
for nothing again;
and your reward
shall be great,
and
ye shall be the children
of the Highest:
for he
is kind
unto the unthankful
and to the evil.
And
he answering said,
Thou
shalt love
the Lord thy God
with all thy heart,
and
with all thy soul,
and
with all thy strength,
and
with all
thy mind;
and thy neighbour
as thyself.
But he,
willing
to justify himself,
said unto Jesus,
And
who is my neighbour?
And Jesus answering said,
A certain man
went down
from Jerusalem
to Jericho,
and fell
among thieves,
which stripped him
of his raiment,
and wounded him,
and departed,
leaving him half dead.
And by chance
there came
down a certain priest
that way:
and
when he
saw him,
he passed by
on the other side.
And likewise a Levite,
when
he was at the place,
came
and
looked on him,
and passed by
on the other side.
But a certain Samaritan,
as he journeyed,
came
where he was:
and
when he
saw him,
he had compassion
on him,
And went to him,
and bound
up his wounds,
pouring in oil
and wine,
and set him
on his own beast,
and brought him
to an inn,
and took care of him.
And on the morrow
when he departed,
he took out two pence,
and gave them
to the host,
and
said unto him,
Take care of him;
and whatsoever
thou spendest more,
when
I come again,
I will repay thee.
Which now of these three,
thinkest thou,
was neighbour
unto him
that fell
among the thieves?
And he said,
He that
shewed mercy
on him.
Then said Jesus
unto him, Go,
and do
thou likewise.
If I then,
your Lord
and Master,
have washed
your feet;
ye also ought to wash
one another's feet.
For I
have given
you an example,
that ye
should do as I
have done
to you.
A new commandment
I give unto you,
That ye
love one
another;
as I
have loved you,
that ye
also love one
another.
By this
shall all men
know
that ye
are my disciples,
if ye
have love one
to another.
This is my commandment,
That ye
love one
another,
as I
have loved you.
Greater love
hath no man
than this,
that a man
lay down his life
for his friends.
Wherefore
I take you
to record
this day,
that I
am pure
from the blood
of all men.
For I
have not shunned
to declare
unto you
all the counsel
of God.
Therefore watch,
and remember,
that by the space
of three years
I ceased not
to warn every one
night and day with tears.
And Paul said,
I would to God,
that not only thou,
but also all
that hear me
this day,
were both almost,
and
altogether such as
I am,
except these bonds.
That is,
that I
may be comforted together
with you
by the mutual faith both
of you and me.
For scarcely for a
righteous man
will
one die:
yet peradventure for a
good man some
would even dare
to die.
For I
could wish
that myself
were accursed
from Christ
for my brethren,
my kinsmen
according to the flesh:
Let love
be without dissimulation.
Abhor
that which
is evil;
cleave to that which
is good.
Be kindly affectioned one
to another
with brotherly love;
in honour preferring one
another;
Rejoice with them that
do rejoice,
and weep
with them that weep.
Be of the same mind one
toward another.
Mind not high things,
but condescend
to men
of low estate.
Be not wise
in your own conceits.
Owe
no man any thing,
but
to love one
another:
for he
that loveth
another
hath fulfilled
the law.
For this,
Thou
shalt not commit
adultery,
Thou shalt not kill,
Thou shalt not steal,
Thou
shalt not bear
false witness,
Thou shalt not covet;
and
if there be
any other commandment,
it is briefly comprehended
in this saying,
namely,
Thou
shalt love
thy neighbour
as thyself.
Love worketh no ill
to his neighbour:
therefore love
is the fulfilling
of the law.
Let us
therefore follow
after the things
which make
for peace,
and things
wherewith one
may edify another.
It is good neither
to eat flesh,
nor to drink wine,
nor any thing
whereby
thy brother stumbleth,
or is offended,
or is made weak.
We then that
are strong
ought to bear
the infirmities
of the weak,
and not
to please ourselves.
Let every one
of us please
his neighbour
for his good
to edification.
Now the God
of patience
and consolation
grant you
to be likeminded one
toward another
according to Christ Jesus:
Wherefore receive
ye one another,
as Christ
also received us
to the glory
of God.
And I myself
also am persuaded
of you,
my brethren,
that ye
also are
full of goodness,
filled
with all knowledge,
able also
to admonish one
another.
That I
may come
unto you
with joy
by the will
of God,
and may with you
be refreshed.
I thank
my God
always on your behalf,
for the grace
of God which
is given you
by Jesus Christ;
Wherefore,
if meat
make my brother
to offend,
I will eat
no flesh
while the world standeth,
lest
I make
my brother
to offend.
Let
no man
seek his own,
but every man
another's wealth.
Though I
speak
with the tongues
of men
and of angels,
and have not
charity,
I am become
as sounding brass,
or a tinkling cymbal.
And
though I
have the gift
of prophecy,
and understand
all mysteries,
and all knowledge;
and
though I
have all faith,
so that
I could remove
mountains,
and have not
charity,
I am nothing.
And
though I
bestow all
my goods
to feed
the poor,
and
though I
give my body
to be burned,
and have not
charity,
it profiteth me
nothing.
Charity suffereth long,
and is kind;
charity envieth not;
charity vaunteth not
itself,
is not puffed up,
Doth not behave
itself unseemly,
seeketh not
her own,
is not easily provoked,
thinketh no evil;
Rejoiceth not
in iniquity,
but rejoiceth in the truth;
Beareth all things,
believeth all things,
hopeth all things,
endureth all things.
Charity never faileth:
but whether
there be prophecies,
they shall fail;
whether there be
tongues,
they shall cease;
whether there be
knowledge,
it shall vanish away.
And
now abideth faith,
hope,
charity,
these three;
but the greatest
of these is charity.
Let all
your things
be done
with charity.
Who comforteth us
in all
our tribulation,
that we
may be able
to comfort them
which are in any trouble,
by the comfort
wherewith
we ourselves
are comforted
of God.
And
whether we
be afflicted,
it is for your consolation
and salvation,
which is effectual
in the enduring
of the same sufferings
which we
also suffer:
or whether
we be comforted,
it is for your consolation
and salvation.
As also
ye have acknowledged us in part,
that we
are your rejoicing,
even as
ye also are our's
in the day
of the Lord Jesus.
For out of much affliction
and anguish
of heart
I wrote unto you
with many tears;
not that
ye should be grieved,
but that
ye might know
the love
which I
have more
abundantly unto you.
Ye are our epistle
written
in our hearts,
known
and read
of all men:
For we
preach not ourselves,
but Christ Jesus
the Lord;
and ourselves
your servants
for Jesus' sake.
Receive us;
we have wronged
no man,
we have corrupted
no man,
we have defrauded
no man.
Wherefore,
though I
wrote unto you,
I did it
not for his cause
that had done
the wrong,
nor for his cause
that suffered wrong,
but
that our care
for you
in the sight
of God
might appear
unto you.
And
I will very gladly spend
and be spent
for you;
though the more abundantly
I love you,
the less I be loved.
Again,
think ye that
we excuse ourselves
unto you?
we speak
before God
in Christ:
but
we do all things,
dearly beloved,
for your edifying.
For we
are glad,
when we
are weak,
and
ye are strong:
and this also
we wish,
even your perfection.
For, brethren,
ye have been called
unto liberty;
only use not liberty
for an occasion
to the flesh,
but by love serve one
another.
But
the fruit
of the Spirit
is love,
joy,
peace,
longsuffering,
gentleness,
goodness,
faith,
Let us
not be desirous
of vain glory,
provoking one
another,
envying one
another.
Brethren,
if a man
be overtaken
in a fault,
ye which
are spiritual,
restore
such an one
in the spirit
of meekness;
considering thyself,
lest
thou also be tempted.
Bear
ye one another's burdens,
and so
fulfil the law
of Christ.
As we
have therefore
opportunity,
let us
do good
unto all men,
especially unto them
who are of the household
of faith.
With all lowliness
and meekness,
with longsuffering,
forbearing one
another
in love;
And be
ye kind one
to another,
tenderhearted,
forgiving one
another,
even as God
for Christ's sake
hath forgiven you.
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.
I thank
my God
upon every remembrance
of you,
Always in every prayer
of mine
for you
all making
request with joy,
For your fellowship
in the gospel
from the first day
until now;
Even as
it is
meet
for me to think this
of you all,
because
I have you
in my heart;
inasmuch as both
in my bonds,
and
in the defence
and confirmation
of the gospel,
ye all are partakers
of my grace.
For God
is my record,
how greatly
I long after you
all in the bowels
of Jesus Christ.
And this
I pray,
that your love
may abound yet
more
and more
in knowledge
and in all judgment;
For I
am in a strait
betwixt two,
having a desire
to depart,
and
to be
with Christ;
which is
far better:
Nevertheless
to abide in
the flesh
is more needful
for you.
And having
this confidence,
I know that
I shall abide
and continue
with you
all for your furtherance
and joy
of faith;
That your rejoicing
may be more abundant
in Jesus Christ
for me
by my coming
to you again.
Fulfil ye
my joy,
that ye
be likeminded,
having the same love,
being
of one accord,
of one mind.
We give
thanks
to God
and the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
praying always
for you,
Since we
heard
of your faith
in Christ Jesus,
and of the love
which ye
have to all
the saints,
Who now rejoice
in my sufferings
for you,
and fill up
that which
is behind of the afflictions
of Christ
in my flesh
for his body's sake,
which is the church:
Whom
we preach,
warning every man,
and teaching
every man
in all wisdom;
that we
may present
every man
perfect
in Christ Jesus:
That their hearts
might be comforted,
being
knit together
in love,
and unto all riches
of the full assurance
of understanding,
to the acknowledgement
of the mystery
of God,
and
of the Father,
and of Christ;
For though
I be absent
in the flesh,
yet am
I with you
in the spirit,
joying
and beholding
your order,
and the stedfastness
of your faith
in Christ.
Put on therefore,
as the elect
of God,
holy
and beloved,
bowels
of mercies,
kindness,
humbleness
of mind,
meekness,
longsuffering;
Forbearing one
another,
and forgiving one
another,
if any man
have a quarrel
against any:
even as Christ
forgave you,
so also do ye.
And above
all these things
put on charity,
which is the bond
of perfectness.
But
we were gentle
among you,
even as
a nurse
cherisheth her children:
So being affectionately desirous
of you,
we were willing
to have imparted
unto you,
not the gospel
of God only,
but
also our own souls,
because
ye were dear
unto us.
As ye
know how
we exhorted
and comforted
and charged
every one of you,
as a father
doth his children,
Night and day praying exceedingly
that we
might see
your face,
and might perfect
that which
is lacking
in your faith?
And the Lord
make you
to increase and
abound
in love one
toward another,
and
toward all men,
even as
we do toward you:
But
as touching brotherly
love
ye need not that
I write unto you:
for ye yourselves
are taught
of God
to love one
another.
But let us,
who are of the day,
be sober,
putting on the breastplate
of faith
and love;
and
for an helmet,
the hope
of salvation.
Wherefore comfort yourselves together,
and edify one
another,
even as also
ye do.
So that
we ourselves
glory
in you
in the churches
of God
for your patience
and faith
in all your persecutions
and tribulations that
ye endure:
Now
the end
of the commandment
is charity
out of a pure heart,
and
of a good conscience,
and
of faith unfeigned:
Let
no man
despise thy youth;
but be
thou an example
of the believers,
in word,
in conversation,
in charity,
in spirit,
in faith,
in purity.
I thank God,
whom
I serve
from my forefathers
with pure conscience,
that without ceasing
I have remembrance
of thee
in my prayers
night and day;
Greatly desiring
to see thee,
being mindful
of thy tears,
that I
may be filled
with joy;
Therefore I
endure all things
for the elect's sakes,
that they
may also obtain
the salvation
which is in Christ Jesus
with eternal glory.
For God
is not unrighteous
to forget your work
and labour
of love,
which ye
have shewed toward
his name,
in that
ye have ministered
to the saints,
and do minister.
And let us
consider one
another
to provoke
unto love
and to good works:
Be not forgetful
to entertain strangers:
for thereby some
have entertained angels unawares.
Remember them that
are in bonds,
as bound with them;
and them which
suffer adversity,
as being yourselves also
in the body.
Pure religion
and undefiled
before God
and the Father
is this,
To visit
the fatherless
and widows
in their affliction,
and
to keep himself unspotted
from the world.
If ye fulfil
the royal law
according to the scripture,
Thou
shalt love
thy neighbour
as thyself,
ye do well:
Seeing
ye have purified
your souls
in obeying
the truth
through the Spirit
unto unfeigned love
of the brethren,
see that
ye love one
another
with a pure heart fervently:
Honour all men.
Love the brotherhood.
Fear God.
Honour the king.
Finally,
be ye
all of one mind,
having compassion one
of another,
love as brethren,
be pitiful,
be courteous:
And above all things
have fervent charity
among yourselves:
for charity
shall cover
the multitude
of sins.
And
to godliness
brotherly kindness;
and
to brotherly kindness charity.
He that
loveth
his brother abideth
in the light,
and there is none
occasion
of stumbling in him.
For this
is the message
that ye
heard
from the beginning,
that we
should love one
another.
We know that
we have passed
from death
unto life,
because
we love
the brethren.
He that
loveth not
his brother abideth
in death.
Hereby perceive
we the love
of God,
because
he laid down
his life
for us:
and
we ought to lay down
our lives
for the brethren.
But
whoso
hath
this world's good,
and seeth
his brother
have need,
and shutteth up his bowels
of compassion
from him,
how dwelleth the love
of God in him?
My little children,
let us
not love in word,
neither in tongue;
but in deed
and in truth.
And this
is his commandment,
That we
should believe on the name
of his Son Jesus Christ,
and love one
another,
as he
gave us
commandment.
Beloved,
let us
love one another:
for love
is of God;
and
every one
that loveth
is born of God,
and knoweth God.
Beloved,
if God so
loved us,
we ought also
to love one
another.
No man
hath seen God
at any time.
If we
love one
another,
God
dwelleth in us,
and his love
is perfected in us.
If a man say,
I love God,
and hateth his brother,
he is a liar:
for he
that loveth not
his brother whom
he hath seen,
how can
he love God whom
he hath not seen?
And this commandment
have
we from him,
That he
who loveth
God love
his brother also.
Whosoever
believeth that Jesus
is the Christ
is born
of God:
and every one
that
loveth him
that begat
loveth him
also that is begotten of him.
By this
we know that
we love
the children
of God,
when we
love God,
and keep
his commandments.
And now
I beseech thee,
lady,
not as
though I
wrote
a new commandment
unto thee,
but
that which
we had
from the beginning,
that we
love one
another.