"Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit" (1 John 4).
God's love is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), if we love one another God abides in us and we in him. Love is a law that God writes on our hearts; “I will put my law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people" (Jeremiah 31:31-34). There are other laws God writes on our hearts; "and now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love" (1 Corinthians 13:13).
Love is greatest as it is eternal, "give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love is eternal" (Psalm 136). Love is greatest as it fulfills the law, "for the whole law is fulfilled in one word: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself'” (Galatians 5:14). Love is Greatest as God is Love, "whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love" (1 John 4:8).
"And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love" (1 John 4:16-18).
"We love because he first loved us" (1 John 4:19).
God's love is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), if we love one another God abides in us and we in him. Love is a law that God writes on our hearts; “I will put my law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people" (Jeremiah 31:31-34). There are other laws God writes on our hearts; "and now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love" (1 Corinthians 13:13).
Love is greatest as it is eternal, "give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love is eternal" (Psalm 136). Love is greatest as it fulfills the law, "for the whole law is fulfilled in one word: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself'” (Galatians 5:14). Love is Greatest as God is Love, "whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love" (1 John 4:8).
"And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love" (1 John 4:16-18).
"We love because he first loved us" (1 John 4:19).