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Scripture taken from the Holy Bible,
New International Version.
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society.
Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
Psalm 119:9-11
9How can a young man keep his way pure?
By living according to your word.
10I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands.
11I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 139:13-14
13For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Proverbs 3:5-6
5Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 15:13, 15
13A happy heart makes the face cheerful,
but heartache crushes the spirit.
15All the days of the oppressed are wretched,
but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 16:24
24Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 24:26
26An honest answer
is like a kiss on the lips.
Proverbs 31:10
10A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
Proverbs 31:30
30Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Song of Songs 4:3
3Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;
Your mouth is lovely.
Song of Songs 4:11
11Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;
milk and honey are under your tongue.
Isaiah 33:6
6He will be the sure foundation for your times,
a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;
the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure.
Malachi 3:10
10"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse,
that there may be food in my house.
Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty,
"and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven
and pour out so much blessing
that you will not have room enough for it."
John 15:12-14
12My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
13Greater love has no one than this,
that he lay down his life for his friends.
14You are my friends if you do what I command.
Romans 8:28
28And we know that in all things
God works for the good of those who love him,
who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:35, 37-39
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine
or nakedness or danger or sword?
37No, in all these things
we are more than conquerors
through him who loved us.
38For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future,
nor any powers,
39neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 13:8
8Let no debt remain outstanding,
except the continuing debt to love one another,
for he who loves his fellow man has fulfilled the law.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,
but have not love,
I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2If I have the gift of prophecy
and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have a faith that can move mountains,
but have not love, I am nothing.
3If I give all I possess to the poor
and surrender my body to the flames,
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.
Ephesians 5:18-21
18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery.
Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.
Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,
20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything,
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
21Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Ephesians 5:25-29
25Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
26to make her holy,
cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
27and to present her to himself as a radiant church,
without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish,
but holy and blameless.
28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives
as their own bodies.
He who loves his wife loves himself.
29After all, no one ever hated his own body,
but he feeds and cares for it,
just as Christ does the church --
Colossians 3:16-17
16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly
as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom,
and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs
with gratitude in your hearts to God.
17And whatever you do, whether in word or deed,
do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through him.
1 Timothy 5:1-2
1Do not rebuke an older man harshly,
but exhort him as if he were your father.
Treat younger men as brothers,
2older women as mothers,
and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
Hebrews 13:4
4Marriage should be honored by all,
and the marriage bed kept pure,
for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
1 Peter 3:1-5
1Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands
so that, if any of them do not believe the word,
they may be won over without words
by the behavior of their wives,
2when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.
3Your beauty should not come from outward adornment,
such as braided hair
and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.
4Instead, it should be that of your inner self,
the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit,
which is of great worth in God's sight.
5For this is the way the holy women of the past
who put their hope in God
used to make themselves beautiful.
They were submissive to their own husbands,
1 John 4:7
7Dear friends, let us love one another,
for love comes from God.
1 John 4:9-10
9This is how God showed his love among us:
He sent his one and only Son into the world
that we might live through him.
10This is love:
Not that we loved God,
but that he loved us
and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:16
16God is love.
Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:18-19
18There is no fear in love.
But perfect love drives out fear,
19We love because he first loved us.
“Scripture taken from the Holy Bible,
New InternatioLove's Words
Love's Words
“Scripture taken from the Holy Bible,
New International Version.
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society.
Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.�
Psalm 119:9-11
9How can a young man keep his way pure?
By living according to your word.
10I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands.
11I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 139:13-14
13For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Proverbs 3:5-6
5Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 15:13, 15
13A happy heart makes the face cheerful,
but heartache crushes the spirit.
15All the days of the oppressed are wretched,
but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 16:24
24Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 24:26
26An honest answer
is like a kiss on the lips.
Proverbs 31:10
10A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
Proverbs 31:30
30Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Song of Songs 4:3
3Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;
Your mouth is lovely.
Song of Songs 4:11
11Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;
milk and honey are under your tongue.
Isaiah 33:6
6He will be the sure foundation for your times,
a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;
the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure.
Malachi 3:10
10"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse,
that there may be food in my house.
Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty,
"and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven
and pour out so much blessing
that you will not have room enough for it."
John 15:12-14
12My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
13Greater love has no one than this,
that he lay down his life for his friends.
14You are my friends if you do what I command.
Romans 8:28
28And we know that in all things
God works for the good of those who love him,
who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:35, 37-39
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine
or nakedness or danger or sword?
37No, in all these things
we are more than conquerors
through him who loved us.
38For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future,
nor any powers,
39neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 13:8
8Let no debt remain outstanding,
except the continuing debt to love one another,
for he who loves his fellow man has fulfilled the law.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,
but have not love,
I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2If I have the gift of prophecy
and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have a faith that can move mountains,
but have not love, I am nothing.
3If I give all I possess to the poor
and surrender my body to the flames,
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.
Ephesians 5:18-21
18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery.
Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.
Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,
20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything,
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
21Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Ephesians 5:25-29
25Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
26to make her holy,
cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
27and to present her to himself as a radiant church,
without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish,
but holy and blameless.
28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives
as their own bodies.
He who loves his wife loves himself.
29After all, no one ever hated his own body,
but he feeds and cares for it,
just as Christ does the church --
Colossians 3:16-17
16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly
as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom,
and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs
with gratitude in your hearts to God.
17And whatever you do, whether in word or deed,
do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through him.
1 Timothy 5:1-2
1Do not rebuke an older man harshly,
but exhort him as if he were your father.
Treat younger men as brothers,
2older women as mothers,
and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
Hebrews 13:4
4Marriage should be honored by all,
and the marriage bed kept pure,
for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
1 Peter 3:1-5
1Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands
so that, if any of them do not believe the word,
they may be won over without words
by the behavior of their wives,
2when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.
3Your beauty should not come from outward adornment,
such as braided hair
and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.
4Instead, it should be that of your inner self,
the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit,
which is of great worth in God's sight.
5For this is the way the holy women of the past
who put their hope in God
used to make themselves beautiful.
They were submissive to their own husbands,
1 John 4:7
7Dear friends, let us love one another,
for love comes from God.
1 John 4:9-10
9This is how God showed his love among us:
He sent his one and only Son into the world
that we might live through him.
10This is love:
Not that we loved God,
but that he loved us
and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:16
16God is love.
Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:18-19
18There is no fear in love.
But perfect love drives out fear,
19We love because he first loved us.​
“Scripture taken from the Holy Bible,
New International Version.
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society.
Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.�
Psalm 119:9-11
9How can a young man keep his way pure?
By living according to your word.
10I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands.
11I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 139:13-14
13For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Proverbs 3:5-6
5Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 15:13, 15
13A happy heart makes the face cheerful,
but heartache crushes the spirit.
15All the days of the oppressed are wretched,
but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 16:24
24Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 24:26
26An honest answer
is like a kiss on the lips.
Proverbs 31:10
10A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
Proverbs 31:30
30Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Song of Songs 4:3
3Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;
Your mouth is lovely.
Song of Songs 4:11
11Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;
milk and honey are under your tongue.
Isaiah 33:6
6He will be the sure foundation for your times,
a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;
the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure.
Malachi 3:10
10"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse,
that there may be food in my house.
Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty,
"and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven
and pour out so much blessing
that you will not have room enough for it."
John 15:12-14
12My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
13Greater love has no one than this,
that he lay down his life for his friends.
14You are my friends if you do what I command.
Romans 8:28
28And we know that in all things
God works for the good of those who love him,
who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:35, 37-39
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine
or nakedness or danger or sword?
37No, in all these things
we are more than conquerors
through him who loved us.
38For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future,
nor any powers,
39neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 13:8
8Let no debt remain outstanding,
except the continuing debt to love one another,
for he who loves his fellow man has fulfilled the law.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,
but have not love,
I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2If I have the gift of prophecy
and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have a faith that can move mountains,
but have not love, I am nothing.
3If I give all I possess to the poor
and surrender my body to the flames,
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.
Ephesians 5:18-21
18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery.
Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.
Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,
20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything,
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
21Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Ephesians 5:25-29
25Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
26to make her holy,
cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
27and to present her to himself as a radiant church,
without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish,
but holy and blameless.
28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives
as their own bodies.
He who loves his wife loves himself.
29After all, no one ever hated his own body,
but he feeds and cares for it,
just as Christ does the church --
Colossians 3:16-17
16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly
as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom,
and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs
with gratitude in your hearts to God.
17And whatever you do, whether in word or deed,
do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through him.
1 Timothy 5:1-2
1Do not rebuke an older man harshly,
but exhort him as if he were your father.
Treat younger men as brothers,
2older women as mothers,
and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
Hebrews 13:4
4Marriage should be honored by all,
and the marriage bed kept pure,
for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
1 Peter 3:1-5
1Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands
so that, if any of them do not believe the word,
they may be won over without words
by the behavior of their wives,
2when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.
3Your beauty should not come from outward adornment,
such as braided hair
and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.
4Instead, it should be that of your inner self,
the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit,
which is of great worth in God's sight.
5For this is the way the holy women of the past
who put their hope in God
used to make themselves beautiful.
They were submissive to their own husbands,
1 John 4:7
7Dear friends, let us love one another,
for love comes from God.
1 John 4:9-10
9This is how God showed his love among us:
He sent his one and only Son into the world
that we might live through him.
10This is love:
Not that we loved God,
but that he loved us
and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:16
16God is love.
Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:18-19
18There is no fear in love.
But perfect love drives out fear,
19We love because he first loved us.nal Version.
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society.
Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.�
Psalm 119:9-11
9How can a young man keep his way pure?
By living according to your word.
10I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands.
11I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 139:13-14
13For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Proverbs 3:5-6
5Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 15:13, 15
13A happy heart makes the face cheerful,
but heartache crushes the spirit.
15All the days of the oppressed are wretched,
but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 16:24
24Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 24:26
26An honest answer
is like a kiss on the lips.
Proverbs 31:10
10A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
Proverbs 31:30
30Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Song of Songs 4:3
3Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;
Your mouth is lovely.
Song of Songs 4:11
11Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;
milk and honey are under your tongue.
Isaiah 33:6
6He will be the sure foundation for your times,
a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;
the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure.
Malachi 3:10
10"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse,
that there may be food in my house.
Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty,
"and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven
and pour out so much blessing
that you will not have room enough for it."
John 15:12-14
12My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
13Greater love has no one than this,
that he lay down his life for his friends.
14You are my friends if you do what I command.
Romans 8:28
28And we know that in all things
God works for the good of those who love him,
who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:35, 37-39
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine
or nakedness or danger or sword?
37No, in all these things
we are more than conquerors
through him who loved us.
38For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future,
nor any powers,
39neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 13:8
8Let no debt remain outstanding,
except the continuing debt to love one another,
for he who loves his fellow man has fulfilled the law.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,
but have not love,
I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2If I have the gift of prophecy
and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have a faith that can move mountains,
but have not love, I am nothing.
3If I give all I possess to the poor
and surrender my body to the flames,
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.
Ephesians 5:18-21
18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery.
Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.
Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,
20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything,
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
21Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Ephesians 5:25-29
25Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
26to make her holy,
cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
27and to present her to himself as a radiant church,
without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish,
but holy and blameless.
28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives
as their own bodies.
He who loves his wife loves himself.
29After all, no one ever hated his own body,
but he feeds and cares for it,
just as Christ does the church --
Colossians 3:16-17
16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly
as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom,
and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs
with gratitude in your hearts to God.
17And whatever you do, whether in word or deed,
do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through him.
1 Timothy 5:1-2
1Do not rebuke an older man harshly,
but exhort him as if he were your father.
Treat younger men as brothers,
2older women as mothers,
and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
Hebrews 13:4
4Marriage should be honored by all,
and the marriage bed kept pure,
for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
1 Peter 3:1-5
1Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands
so that, if any of them do not believe the word,
they may be won over without words
by the behavior of their wives,
2when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.
3Your beauty should not come from outward adornment,
such as braided hair
and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.
4Instead, it should be that of your inner self,
the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit,
which is of great worth in God's sight.
5For this is the way the holy women of the past
who put their hope in God
used to make themselves beautiful.
They were submissive to their own husbands,
1 John 4:7
7Dear friends, let us love one another,
for love comes from God.
1 John 4:9-10
9This is how God showed his love among us:
He sent his one and only Son into the world
that we might live through him.
10This is love:
Not that we loved God,
but that he loved us
and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:16
16God is love.
Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:18-19
18There is no fear in love.
But perfect love drives out fear,
19We love because he first loved us.
