◄ The fruit of the Spirit is love. ►

God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. § The love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. § To you who believe, He is precious. § We love Him because He first loved us. § The love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

You yourselves are taught by God to love one another. § This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. § Above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.” § Walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

Gal. 5:22;  1 John 4:16;  Rom. 5:5;  1 Peter 2:7;  1 John 4:19;  2 Cor. 5:14,15;  1 Thess. 4:9;  John 15:12;  1 Peter 4:8;  Eph. 5:2