God of Hope

Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart (1 Peter 1:22).

[Love] always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres (1 Corinthians 13:7).

Don’t ever forget [love] and truth. Wear them like a necklace. write them on your heart as if on a tablet (Proverbs 3:3).

God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son.… We love because he first loved us (John 3:16; 1 John 4:19).

 Jesus: “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. . . . . [and] Love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:27, 29).

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her (Ephesians 5:25).

Grace, mercy, and peace, which come from God the Father and from Jesus Christ—the Son of the Father—will continue to be with us who live in truth and love (2 John 1:3).

But to you who are willing to listen, I say, “Love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you” (Luke 6:27).

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23).

God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him (1 John 4:9).

You do well when you obey the Holy Writings, which say, “You must love your neighbor as you love yourself” (James 2:8).

Let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions (1 John 3:18).