Colossians 3:14
And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
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Cross References
John 15:12This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.
Romans 13:8Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.
Ephesians 1:4Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:
Ephesians 5:2And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
1 Thessalonians 4:9But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;
Hebrews 6:1For this reason let us go on from the first things about Christ to full growth; not building again that on which it is based, that is, the turning of the heart from dead works, and faith in God,
Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:13-18
Love Recommended. ( a. d. 62.) 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. 16 Let the word of… Read the whole commentary →