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• Song of Songs 6

  Song of Songs 6 opens with a question about where the departed beloved has gone and the woman's declaration of their mutual belonging. It continues with the man's song praising the woman as his one and only love and ends with the passage that calls to the "Shulamite."

• 1 John 2

  1 John 2 presents Jesus Christ as the advocate and the propitiation for sins, and addresses keeping the commandments and loving one's brother, the exhortation not to love the world, the warning about antichrists, and the charge to abide in him.

• 2 John 1

  2 John 1 is the whole of 2 John, a book consisting of a single chapter. In this short letter "the elder" urges the elect lady and her children to love one another and warns them against deceivers who deny that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh.

• 1 John 5

  1 John 5 is the final chapter of the First Epistle of John. It addresses the faith and love of those born of God, the witness of the Spirit, the water, and the blood to the Son, the assurance of eternal life, and prayer. It closes the letter with an exhortation to keep away from idols.

• Deuteronomy 7

  Deuteronomy 7 is the chapter in which Moses commands Israel, as it prepares to enter Canaan, to destroy the seven nations and their idols. It declares that God chose Israel not because of its great numbers but because of his love and the oath he swore to their fathers.

• Deuteronomy 6

  Deuteronomy 6 is the chapter in which Moses delivers the confession of faith in the one God that begins "Hear, O Israel" (the Shema), together with the command to love God. He urges Israel to teach these words to their children and not to forget the LORD even in times of plenty.

• Hosea 14

  Hosea 14 is the final chapter of the Book of Hosea. It calls Israel to return to the LORD and teaches the people a confession of repentance, then closes the book with God's promise to heal, love, and restore them.

• Romans 13

  Romans 13 is a chapter of the Epistle to the Romans containing exhortations to submit to the higher powers and pay taxes, to love one's neighbor as the fulfilling of the law, and, because salvation is near, to put on the armor of light.

• Galatians 5

  Galatians 5 is the chapter in which Paul urges believers to stand fast in the liberty they have in Christ, warns against seeking justification through circumcision, and calls them to use that freedom to serve one another in love, contrasting the works of the flesh with the fruit of the Spirit.

• 1 Thessalonians 4

  1 Thessalonians 4 is the chapter in which Paul urges the church at Thessalonica to live holy lives, to love one another as brethren, and to work diligently, and teaches them to comfort one another with the hope that believers who have died will rise again at the coming of the Lord.

• 1 Peter 1

  1 Peter 1 is the opening chapter of the epistle. After greeting the believers scattered as strangers, it speaks of the living hope obtained through the resurrection and of joy amid trials. It then exhorts readers to live holy lives and to love one another as people redeemed by the blood of Christ.

• 1 John 4

  1 John 4 is a chapter that sets out the criteria for discerning spirits and teaches that, because God is love, those who have received his love ought to love one another.

• 2 Thessalonians 1

  Second Thessalonians 1 records the thanksgiving of Paul and his companions for the Thessalonian church, whose faith and love are growing in the midst of persecution. The chapter teaches that when the Lord Jesus is revealed, God will judge justly and grant rest to the saints, and it includes a prayer on the believers' behalf.

• 1 Thessalonians 3

  1 Thessalonians 3 recounts Paul's sending of Timothy from Athens to Thessalonica, his thanksgiving for the news Timothy brought back of the believers' faith and love, and his prayer that they would be unblameable at the coming of the Lord.

• Romans 12

  Romans 12 opens with an appeal to present one's body to God as a living sacrifice and goes on to teach about the diverse gifts within one body, love without hypocrisy, and a life that overcomes enemies with good.

• Hosea 6

  Hosea 6 contains a song in which the people of Israel urge one another to return to the LORD (vv. 1–3), followed by God's lament and rebuke that their steadfast love vanishes as quickly as the morning dew.

• 1 Corinthians 8

  1 Corinthians 8 addresses the question of eating food offered to idols. Paul places love above knowledge and teaches that one's freedom must not cause a brother who is weak in faith to stumble.

• Galatians 5:14

  A verse in which Paul states that the whole law is fulfilled in the single commandment, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship among the freedom obtained through faith, the law, and love.

• Deuteronomy 10

  Deuteronomy 10 recounts Moses' receiving of the second tablets of stone and the ark, and exhorts Israel to fear and love the LORD, to circumcise their hearts, and to love the stranger.

• Romans 8

  Romans 8 opens with the declaration that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ, speaks of life in the Spirit, adoption as children of God, and hope amid suffering, and closes with the assurance that nothing can separate believers from the love of God.