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“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you,
“If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them! And if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you get credit? Even ...
If you love only someone who loves you, will God praise you for that? Even sinners love people who love them. Douay-Rheims Bible. And if you love them that love you, what thanks are to you? for sinners also love those that love them.
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It is unmistakable that Jesus calls his own to love those we don’t like — within the church and without. The love he taught us is not grounded on natural affinities or common interests. We do not stare at our neighbor, as some squint at the shapeless clouds, trying to make out something lovable in them before we act. All it takes to summon our care...
Paul imparts the divine recipe that the Colossians had discovered: The Colossians loved “all the saints” not because “all the saints” were easy to love. Later Paul would call these same Colossians to continue to bear with one another and forgive each other (Colossians 3:13). Paul did not live in the clouds. He knew that you will have to “bear with”...
Jesus also taught this way. Expanding our call to love beyond the realms of the faithful, he says, The Father will give good gifts to his children. Convinced of this — assured of his eternal provision and unceasing care, “because of the hope laid up for you in heaven” — love others and do them good. The Golden Rule is forged in the fires of trust i...
Jesus did not merely preach this way or serve this way. He girded up his loins to die this way. He did not look at us and choose the cross because we were so attractive. He did not squint to find a strain of loveliness to move towards the cross for us. He left heaven and came to die a shameful, bloody, brutal death, bearing the Almighty weight of p...
Our love also looks past our neighbor to the promises of heaven and, having our hearts warmed there, looks upon them afresh with a resoluteness to care. We do not love past them, around them, above them; we love them— despite their annoyances, oddities, shortcomings, ungratefulness. We repay them with love, not because they have earned it, but beca...
Oct 13, 2022 · One of the most often quoted and deeply treasured New Testament Bible verses is Romans 8:28: “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them” (Romans 8:28, NLT).
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? New Living Translation. If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. English Standard Version. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have?
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1 John 4:7-21 ESV / 19 helpful votes. Helpful. Not Helpful. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
