bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
Paul describes enduring love within his teaching about life in the community.
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Anonymous. Largely a farewell address placed in Moses' mouth by a narrator who goes on to describe his death.
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Many hands over centuries. Superscriptions assign a number to David; those are ancient editorial notes, not signatures.
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View all filters →But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Paul concludes his teaching on resurrection with thanks and encouragement to persist in meaningful work.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Paul concludes his teaching on resurrection with thanks and encouragement to persist in meaningful work.
God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Paul's opening thanksgiving recalls God's faithfulness and the community's shared calling.
See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.
The letter reflects on being called God's children, active love, and reassurance when the heart condemns.
My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
The letter reflects on being called God's children, active love, and reassurance when the heart condemns.
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
The letter reflects on God's love as the foundation of love for others.
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
God's love is described through the gift of the Son and the community's love for one another.
We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
God's love is described through the gift of the Son and the community's love for one another.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
The letter reflects on God's love as the foundation of love for others.
We love him, because he first loved us.
The letter reflects on God's love as the foundation of love for others.
Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
The letter reflects on God's love as the foundation of love for others.