I like to focus on the good verses and not the ones where God is stoning, murdering, or allowing entire nations to be raped and pillaged, so any help is appreciated. Thanks.
2006-10-25 04:30:53 · 12 answers · asked by Gwen 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's a nice idea, but in Christianity you shouldn't put blinders on. You have to believe in it all, not just the nice, candy sweet verses. I have an idea. You could do a similar Bible like the Jefferson Bible where he took out every verse that wasn't about Jesus. You could take out every verse that isn't about love. Now that would be something.
2006-10-25 04:43:42 · answer #1 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You asked for it so here goes:
Deut. 6:5,Lev 19:18, Deut.7:9, Deut.19:9, Pslams 18:19, Psalms 69:36, Eccl. 3:8,Isa.61:8, Amos 5:15, Jer.31:3. Hosa9:15, Mic.3:2Matt. 22:37, Luke 6:27, John 5:42, John 14:15, John 15:13, ICorinth2:9, 1John2:15.
2006-10-25 05:08:30 · answer #2 · answered by judy_derr38565 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how about 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 "Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself; is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails...." Also 1 Corinthians 13:13 "And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." Or John 15:13 "Greater love has no one then this, than to lay down one's life for his friends." Or Proverbs 10:12 "Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins." or Levitcus 19:18; Matthew 22:39 "Love your naighbor as yourself" or Deuteronomy 6:5;Matthew 22:37 "Love the Lord God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." Or, Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:27 "Love your enemies." And of course, John 3:16 "for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlating life."
Is that enough?
2006-10-25 04:58:12 · answer #3 · answered by JesusFreak 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1st Peter 2:17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Romans 13:8 Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:9b ...Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Romans 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
John 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
1st John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
1st John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethen. YOu could also read verse 17
2006-10-25 07:38:40 · answer #4 · answered by KaeMae 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favorite is 1 John 4:7-12 and 20-21.
And BTW, your approach is perfect. In the Bible there's wheat and chaff, and you obviously know the difference.
2006-10-25 04:41:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not quite sure what you're after, you seem angry and possibly you have a misunderstanding of what God is trying to get across to you. None of us likes parts of the Old Testament referring to wars, killing, etc., but it is the history of our world, our culture. However, there are so many verses on love ~ one that stands out to me is 1Corinthians, Chapter 13. It is God's word to us on how to love one another. I also like Ephesians, Chapters 5 & 6 ~ also, the entire book of Song of Songs is a love story. Enjoy your reading ~ God sacrificed His Son because He loves you sooooooooo much!! :)
2006-10-25 04:39:59 · answer #6 · answered by Forever 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1 Corinthians 13:3-13
3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,[b] but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
2006-10-25 04:52:29 · answer #7 · answered by padwinlearner 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isaiah chapter 13
2006-10-25 04:37:34 · answer #8 · answered by jsjmlj 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1 corthians 13
2006-10-25 04:34:19 · answer #9 · answered by zee zee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
See I Corinthians 13, that's called the 'Love Chapter'.
2006-10-25 04:42:53 · answer #10 · answered by Char 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋