What Love is

Sermon Verses

1 Corinthians 4:21 (NASB)

What do you desire? That I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

1 Corinthians 12:31 (NASB)

But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And yet, I am going to show you a far better way.

1 Corinthians 11:1 (NASB)

Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:14 (NASB)

For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died;

Galatians 5:22–23 (NASB)

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

1 Corinthians 13:4–7 (NASB)

Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant. 5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, 6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it akeeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Colossians 3:13 (NASB)

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so must you do also.

1 Corinthians 10:31–33 (NASB)

Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God. 32 Do not offend Jews or Greeks, or the church of God; 33 just as I also please everyone in all things, not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of the many, so that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 16:13–14 (NASB)

13 Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 14 All that you do must be done in love.