What Matters Most To God

John 3:16a (AMPC)
"For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even]
gave up His only begotten ([a]unique) Son."

1 John 3:16 (MSG)
"This is how we’ve come to understand and experience love: Christ
sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not
just be out for ourselves."

1 John 3:17 (MSG)
"If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God’s love? It disappears. And you made it disappear."

Proverbs 3:27 (TEV)
“Whenever you possibly can, do good to those who need it. Never tell your neighbor to wait until tomorrow if you can help them now.”

Ephesians 5:2 (LB) says:
“Be full of love for others, following the example of Christ who loved you and gave Himself to God as a sacrifice to take away your sins.”

1 John 3:18 (AMPC)
"Says: Little children, let us not love [merely] in theory or in speech but in
deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity)."

1 Corinthians 14:1a (LB)
“Let Love be your greatest aim.”

1 Corinthians 14:1a (AMPC)
“ Eagerly pursue and seek to acquire [this] love [make it your aim, your great quest].”

Ephesians 5:1-2 (AMPC)
"Therefore be imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father]. 2 And walk in love, [esteeming and delighting in one another] as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a slain offering and sacrifice to God [for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance."

Romans 12:10 (AMP)
“Be devoted to one another with [authentic] brotherly affection [as members of one family], give preference to one another in honor;”

Romans 12:10 (NIV)
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”

John 13:35 (NIV)
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one
another.”

John 15:12 (NIV)
"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you."