Colossians 3:14
Above all, love one another, which is the perfect bond that will hold you together.
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In The King James Version
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
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John 15:12This is my command: love one another as I have loved you.
Romans 13:8Don't owe anybody anything, except love for one another—for those who love their neighbor have kept the law.
Ephesians 1:4just as he chose us to be in him before the beginning of this world, so that in love we could be holy and without fault before him.
Ephesians 5:2Live in love, just as Christ loved you. He gave himself for us, a gift and sacrificial offering to God like a sweet-smelling perfume.
1 Thessalonians 4:9We certainly don't need to write and tell you to love fellow-believers, because God teaches you to love one another—
Hebrews 6:1So let's not get stuck on the basic teachings about Christ, but let's progress to a more mature understanding. We don't need to go over again the ideas of repenting from what we used to do, about trusting 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 →