Daily Scripture Blog

Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude.

1 Peter 3:8 (New Living Translation)

Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous.

1 Peter 3:8 (New King James Version)

Summing up: Be agreeable, be sympathetic, be loving, be compassionate, be humble.

1 Peter 3:8 (The Message)

Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it.
Love makes up for practically anything.

1 Peter 4:8 (The Message)

And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”

1 Peter 4:8 (New King James Version)

Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:8 (New Living Translation)

Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other;
let us show the truth by our actions.

1 John 3:18 (New Living Translation)

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

1 John 3:18 (New International Version)

My dear children, let’s not just talk about love; let’s practice real love.

1 John 3:18 (The Message)

by Rick Warren

Love is something you do. Do you really love someone? Let’s see how you act toward that person. You show love by what you do, not just by what you feel.

Love is more than attraction and more than arousal. It’s also more than sentimentality, like so many of today’s songs suggest. By this standard, is love dead when the emotion is gone? No, not at all. Because love is an action; love is a behavior.

Over and over again, in the Bible, God commands us to love each other. And you can’t command an emotion. If I told you “Be sad!” right now, you couldn’t be sad on cue. Just like an actor, you can fake it, but you’re not wired for your emotions to change on command. Have you ever told a little kid, “Be happy!” I’m trying, daddy!

If love were just an emotion, then God couldn’t command it. But love is something you do. It can produce emotion, but love is an action.

The Bible says, “Let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions” (1 John 3:18 NLT). We can talk a good act: “I love people.” But do we really love them? Do you really love them? Our love is revealed in how we act toward them.

For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16 (New Living Translation)

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16 (New International Version)

This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.

John 3:16 (The Message)