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• The Love Chapter

  The Love Chapter is the name given to 1 Corinthians 13 in the New Testament. In this chapter Paul describes, in an almost hymnlike manner, the necessity, character, and permanence of love as a more excellent way than the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

• 1 Corinthians 13:4–7

  A passage that begins "Charity suffereth long, and is kind" and uses fifteen verbs to describe what love does and does not do. It is the passage most frequently read at weddings, yet it is often pointed out that it was originally addressed to a church quarreling over spiritual gifts.

• 1 Corinthians 13:11–12

  In this passage from the "Love Chapter," Paul says that present knowledge is partial, like a child's speech or a dim reflection in a mirror, and that believers will one day know God fully, "face to face." It is frequently cited in discussions of eschatological hope and in debates over how long the spiritual gifts continue.

• 1 Corinthians 13:13

  The verse reads, "And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity" (KJV). It is widely known as a summary of the three Christian virtues, and several explanations have been offered for why love (rendered "charity" in the KJV) is the greatest.

• Agape

  Agape (Greek ἀγάπη) is the principal New Testament word for "love." It denotes both God's love for human beings and the love of those who have received that love for God and for their neighbors.

• 1 Samuel 18

  1 Samuel 18 recounts how Jonathan comes to love David after his victory over Goliath and makes a covenant with him; how Saul, seeing the people praise David, grows jealous and afraid of him and seeks to harm him; and how Saul ultimately gives his daughter Michal to David as his wife.

• Hosea 11

  Hosea 11 portrays God's love through the image of a father who raised Israel as a young son. Though Israel turns away, God confesses a compassion that cannot finally abandon them: "How shall I give thee up?"

• Ephesians 5

  Ephesians 5 exhorts believers to imitate God and to live in love and light, describes a life filled with the Spirit and marked by thanksgiving, and addresses the relationship between wives and husbands by analogy to the relationship between Christ and the church.

• Song of Songs 4

  Song of Songs 4 is a love song in which the bridegroom praises the bride's eyes, hair, lips, neck, and other features by comparing them to scenes from nature and to spices, and likens her to a garden enclosed and a fountain sealed. In the final verse the bride invites her beloved into her garden.

• Deuteronomy 11

  A chapter of Deuteronomy in which Moses reminds Israel of the Exodus and the events in the wilderness and urges the people to love God and keep His commandments. It contains the promise of rain and an accompanying warning, instruction on teaching children, and the command to pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

• Hosea 3

  Hosea 3 is the chapter in which God commands Hosea to love an adulterous woman once more. Hosea buys the woman back at a price, and this act leads into a prophecy that Israel will live for many days without king or sacrifice but will at last return to the LORD.

• Jeremiah 2

  Jeremiah 2 is a prophecy in which the LORD recalls Israel's first love in the wilderness and rebukes the people for forsaking him, the fountain of living waters, and relying instead on idols, Egypt, and Assyria.

• Luke 6

  Luke 6 records two Sabbath controversies and the choosing of the twelve apostles, followed by the so-called Sermon on the Plain, which consists of blessings and woes, love for enemies, the command not to judge, and the parable of the house built on a rock.

• John 15

  John 15 is the chapter in which Jesus likens himself to the true vine and his disciples to the branches, telling them to "abide in me." In it he also gives the commandment to love one another, speaks of the world's hatred, and describes the witness of the Comforter, the Holy Spirit.

• John 13

  John 13 is the chapter in which, on the evening before Passover, Jesus washes his disciples' feet, foretells Judas Iscariot's betrayal and Peter's denial, and gives the new commandment to love one another.

• Romans 14

  Romans 14 is addressed to believers in the church at Rome who were divided over food and the observance of days. It urges them not to judge one another and to act in love for the sake of the weaker brother. The chapter contains 23 verses.

• Hebrews 13

  The final chapter of Hebrews, containing practical exhortations on brotherly love, hospitality, marriage, and money; an appeal to go forth to Christ "without the camp"; a benediction; and closing greetings.

• 1 John 3

  1 John 3 teaches that the children of God are revealed by a life of doing righteousness and loving one another, and it presents Christ's laying down of His life as the standard of love.

• 1 Peter 4

  1 Peter 4 urges believers to follow the example of Christ's suffering by abandoning their former way of life and, mindful that the end is near, to love and serve one another. It encourages them not to be ashamed of suffering that comes because they are Christians.

• Leviticus 19

  Leviticus 19 is a collection of ordinances, gathered under the command "Ye shall be holy," that address worship, relations with one's neighbor, protection of the poor and the stranger, and justice in judgment and commerce. The chapter contains the verse "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."