There are not many quotes about love from the Gospels, the largest one is in the Gospel of Matthew
Quotes from the Gospel about love are not such a broad topic as it might seem at first glance. The Gospel writers deal with this topic quite succinctly.
But they place important accents for themselves. For example, the author of the Gospel of Matthew cites a statement by Jesus Christ, where He contrasts His Teaching with the Old Testament principles:
“You have heard that it was said: Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.
But I say to you: love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who use you and persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father in heaven, for He makes His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
For if you love those who love you, what reward will you have?”
(Matt. 43:46)
Christ changed the Jewish laws so that every act was done out of love
Here we see two important points:
- Bogoslovsky . The teaching of Christ distances itself from the Law of Moses and shows that the time for the old rules has passed. Old Testament principles do not bring happiness to our world. Jesus introduces a new rule - to love everyone, without dividing the world into black and white. There is no longer the concept of God's chosenness, there is only an all-consuming feeling.
- Sensual . For you and me, the theological disputes of the 1st century are no longer so important, because Christianity has long become the most popular religion in the world. But the sensual aspect of Christ’s preaching is still relevant.
The Savior reports that there are no enemies for a righteous person. Anyone who feels like a son of God must learn to treat everyone with sincere good feelings.
Jesus Christ is the example of love for a godly Christian. Photo: divinum.ru
According to Christian dogma, He allowed Himself to be crucified in order to suffer for the sins of all people and atone for their debt. This is called the Sacrifice of Christ.
Jesus comments on the 2 Old Testament commandments of love in the Gospel
In addition to the ten “official” commandments, the Old Testament left us with many additional ones. One of them is the 2 commandments of love from the book of Leviticus.
Jesus Christ knew these texts perfectly and commented on them for His listeners:
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.
The second is similar to it: Love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
(Matt. 22:37–40)
From this we see that not all biblical sayings are outdated for Christianity. Christ develops certain themes and abandons some. He arranges a rethinking of old principles.
What is important for us is that He always and in everything tells us: “Love one another: love your neighbor, love your enemy, love God.”
Poems that teach us what love is
31. “For the commandments: do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not covet someone else’s, and all the others are contained in this word: love your neighbor as yourself. Love does not harm one's neighbor; Therefore love is the fulfilling of the law" (Romans 13:9-10, Bible)
32. “For the natural man is the enemy of God, and has been since the fall of Adam, and will be forever and ever, unless he yields to the promptings of the Holy Spirit, and renounces the natural man, and becomes holy through the Atonement of Christ the Lord, and becomes like child: submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, ready to submit to all that the Lord sees fit to lay upon him, just as a child submits to his father" (Mosiah 3:19, Book of Mormon)
33. “And I am filled with mercy, and this is eternal love; and all children are therefore the same to me; and therefore I love little children with perfect love; and they are all equal and partakers of salvation" (Moroni 8:17, Book of Mormon)
Most quotes about love from the New Testament are fragments of the Epistles, not the Gospels
Quotes from the New Testament, if they talk about love, are most likely taken from the Epistles, not the Gospels. There the topic is covered most widely. The largest passage contains the first Epistle of St. Apostle John:
“Dear ones, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, because God is love!
God showed His love for us by sending His only Son into the world so that through Him we might have life. Love is not that we loved God, but that God loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Dear ones, if God loves us so much, then we should love each other. No one has ever seen God, but if we love each other, then God Himself lives in us, and His love in us is perfect.
He has given us of His Spirit, and therefore we know that we are in Him and He in us. We ourselves have seen and testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
Whoever acknowledges Jesus as the Son of God, God abides in him, and that person himself abides in God. We learned and believed that God loves us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.”
(1 John 4:7–16)
By abiding in God, a person learns perfect love.
This means that the Bible teaches: perfect love is the love of God; he who abides in him is a man who abides in love. In other words, these things are inseparable.
Other messages go deeper into this information. For example, the Apostle Paul explains to us that love is generated by the spirit:
“The fruit of the Spirit is love...”
(Gal. 5:22)
And the Second Epistle of John explains the meaning of love for God:
“Now this is love, that we should walk according to His commandments.”
(2 John 6)
That's it, love is confirmed by actions, not by words or prayers.
Poems about our love for God
34. “If you are diligent to keep all these commandments that I command you today, to love the Lord your God and to walk in His ways always, then add three more cities to these three cities” (Deuteronomy 19:9, Bible)
35. “Whoever has My commandments and keeps them, he loves Me; and whoever loves Me will be loved by My Father; and I will love him and show myself to him” (John 14:21, Bible)
36. “We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28, Bible)
37. “Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he is tried he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him” (James 1:12, Bible)
38. “Listen, my beloved brethren: has not God chosen the poor of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?” (James 2:5, Bible)
39. “We learn that we love the children of God when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is love for God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome" (1 John 5:2-3, Bible)
40. “Wherefore you must press forward with steadfastness in Christ, having perfect certainty of hope and love for God and for all men. Wherefore, if ye press onward, being saturated with the word of Christ, and persevere to the end, behold, thus saith the Father, Ye shall have everlasting life" (2 Nephi 31:20, Book of Mormon)
41. “But behold, that which is from God calls and encourages us to do good unceasingly; therefore whatever encourages and encourages to do good, and to love God, and to serve Him, is inspired of God” (Moroni 7:13, Book of Mormon)
42. “Yes, come to Christ, and be perfected in Him, and renounce everything ungodly, and if you renounce everything ungodly and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then His grace will be sufficient for you, so that by His grace you can be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God you are perfect in Christ, you will in no wise deny the power of God" (Moroni 10:32, Book of Mormon)
There are no proverbs or sayings about love in the New Testament, but there are catchphrases
It happens that people, out of ignorance, want to find proverbs and sayings from the Holy Scriptures. This is mistake.
A proverb is a folklore expression, folk wisdom. It cannot have New Testament origin and a specific author (example: “Fear has big eyes”).
A saying is also a folklore expression, but unfinished, meaningless without context (example - “Both ours and yours”).
May the hand of the giver never fail and 5 similar biblical quotes
The Bible is not folk wisdom, but a book of Divine revelation or, if you like, the work of specific authors.
Quotes from the New Testament can only be called aphorisms and catchphrases. The phrase has gained wide popularity in Christian circles:
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, let you also love one another.”
(John 13:34)
The Apostle Paul called love a fruit of the Spirit. Photo: azbyka.ru
We have already said a lot about the expression “God is love.” But the Apostle Paul lists us a trinity of qualities, today known, perhaps, to everyone:
“And now these three remain: faith, hope, love; but love is the greatest of these.”
(Gal. 5:22)
The 2nd century Saints Faith, Hope and Love owe their names to a passage in the New Testament where the Apostle Paul lists three godly qualities. Their mother Sofia was inspired by this quote
There, the great Apostle Paul wrote down another colorful expression, but it did not gain much popularity:
“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, then I am a sounding gossamer or a clanging cymbal.”
(1 Corinthians 8:1)
There is no feeling of superiority in love:
“Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.”
(1 Corinthians 8:1)
It is appropriate to conclude the quotes from the Bible about love with the well-known formula:
“Love is long-suffering, it is kind, love does not envy, love is not arrogant, is not proud, does not act rudely, does not seek its own, is not irritated, does not think evil, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
(Corinth 13:4-77)
Interpretation of the words of the Apostle Paul
Love is patient
This property refers to insults and insults inflicted on a person, both by words and actions of neighbors. A loving person knows how to wait for his loved one to understand and realize that he caused pain. At the same time, he continues to love, as if this repentance has already occurred - this means “love is patient.”
Love is kind
This means compassion, sympathizes, tries to help a loved one, does not judge or condemn. An example of such love for one's neighbor is Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna Romanova. After the death of her husband, she devoted her entire life to acts of mercy and helping others, without expecting gratitude.
Love doesn't envy
A person filled with love cannot accommodate any envious feelings. On the contrary, you want to give all the best to a loved one.
Love is not exalted
On the contrary, it elevates the loved one, often forgetting about oneself. In love there is no competition, who is better, smarter, who loves more, and so on. On the contrary, there is joy for a loved one when he achieves more or becomes better.
Love is not proud
The ability to sacrifice is contrasted with a sense of complacency and elevating oneself above loved ones.
Love doesn't go wild
Love is characterized by politeness, courtesy, and tenderness. Aggression and reproaches towards one's neighbor are impossible for a loving person.
Love doesn't look for its own
Love does not seek profit and does not infringe on the rights and freedom of one’s neighbor. A person is ready to make a sacrifice for the sake of a loved one, infringing on himself and yielding.
Love doesn't get annoyed
Nothing can cause such harm in family life, harden, or destroy relationships, as irritation. Although in the modern world, irritability is justified by a stressful and too dynamic life. But it is precisely this quality in a person that is most destructive for relationships.
Love thinks no evil
Love can only wish for good, and also always justifies a loved one who has committed any offense. It gives an understanding that bad deeds are most often committed unintentionally.
Love does not rejoice in untruth
A loving person will never rejoice if his neighbor deceives, stumbles and falls. Love requires intimacy and trust.
Love covers everything
A loving person covers the shortcomings and vices of his loved one. But at the same time, he does not justify or hide, but with understanding accepts actions, words and actions as they are.
Love believes everything
Just as a small child unconditionally accepts the words of his parents, so a loving person trusts, but at the same time understands that anyone can stumble and deceive. Any human relationship is built on trust.
Love hopes everything, endures everything
Saint John Chrysostom writes: “What does it mean to hope for everything? Does not despair, hopes for all the best for her loved one; but even if he is angry, she continues to correct and earn a living diligently. Even if hopes for these blessings do not come true, it will be even more difficult for him, and he endures this” (Conversation 33 on the First Epistle to the Corinthians).
Love never ends
Love is eternal both in this world and in the Kingdom of Heaven. This is the main difference between the modern concept of love and true love. It is simply impossible to fall out of love. And if the feelings called “love” have passed, then there was no real, sincere love.
The Bible has many catchphrases not only about love, but also about war.
Catchphrases from the Bible about war are widely known. Here is one of them:
“There is a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace."
(Ecc. 3:8)
How can we understand this phrase in the context of the teachings of Jesus Christ? And we don’t need this. As we remember, Jesus Christ rejected much of what the Old Testament authors taught. He called us to love, and therefore the military realities of those years and the calls of the biblical prophets do not matter for the followers of the Savior.
The Christian’s war is not a human battlefield, but a confrontation of a spiritual nature - against vices and evil:
“...because our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in high places.”
(Eph. 6:12)
Icons like this ancient one, where the Archangel Michael fights the demon, remind us of this spiritual confrontation. Photo: e-news.su
The only war a Christian must fight is the battle with sin for his soul.
We all remember the catchphrase of Alexander Nevsky: “Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword.” Jesus Christ said the opposite, but similar phrase:
“Then Jesus said to him: Return your sword to its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.”
(Matt. 26:52)
Examples of true love
Saints Peter and Fevronia are examples of true Christian love. The arrogant boyars disliked the simple girl Fevronia, who became a princess, and demanded that Prince Peter leave his beloved wife. Then Peter renounced power and wealth and left Murom together with Fevronia. This act demonstrates the sacrifice inherent in true love. In their old age, Peter and Fevronia took monastic vows and settled in different monasteries. They prayed to God to die on the same day and be buried in the same coffin. Nowadays, the holy faithful Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia are considered the patrons of marriage. Their memory is celebrated on July 8, the day of their death.
Also, Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra are considered true Christian examples, who showed through their lives what “love is patient” means. They carried their love through many trials, difficult times of the extinction of the Orthodox faith in the royal environment, the illness of the heir, slander, envy, betrayal from those closest to them. But all their lives they walked hand in hand, supporting each other, sacrificing themselves for the sake of their loved ones, strengthening them in faith. Thus, they continue to show us, modern people, how to love - no matter what.
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There are many aphorisms about wisdom in the Bible, but they are not widely known
Expressions from the Bible about wisdom are very aphoristic, but for some reason they did not reach the broad masses. Everyone has heard that God loved us. But not everyone knows how useful it is to be wise and how to become one.
Wisdom promises people a wonderful future:
“The wise will inherit glory, but the foolish will inherit dishonor.”
(Prov. 3:35)
Wisdom is the greatest value:
“The acquisition of wisdom is much better than gold, and the acquisition of understanding is preferable to choice silver.”
(Prov. 16:16)
King Solomon became famous for his wealth and intelligence. In the Proverbs, he writes that wisdom should be preferred to gold and silver, for this is the highest value (engraving “King Solomon in his declining years” by Gustave Doré). Photo: runes.ge
A wise person shuns bad qualities:
“A wise man fears and shuns evil, but a fool is irritable and arrogant.”
(Prov. 14:16)
A sage has pious qualities:
“But the wisdom that comes from above is first pure, then peaceable, humble, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and without hypocrisy.”
(James 3:17)
But the Gospel tells us practically nothing about wisdom. Jesus Christ mentions it in passing, and this expression can hardly be called an aphorism:
“At that time, Jesus continued speaking and said: I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.”
(Matt. 11:25)
Some proverbs and sayings have analogues in the Bible
Although the Bible itself does not contain proverbs and sayings, it contains many expressions that are similar to them in meaning and content.
For example, “An old friend is better than two new ones”:
“Do not leave an old friend, for a new one cannot compare with him; A new friend is like new wine: when it becomes old, you will drink it with pleasure.”
(Sirach 9:12–13)
“Better a bird in the hand than a pie in the sky”:
“Better is a dish of greens, and with it love, than a fattened ox, and with it hatred.”
(Prov. 15:17)
Many aphorisms from the Bible have entered our language
A number of expressions have entered our lexicon unchanged:
“In everything, do to people as you would have them do to you.”
(Matt. 7:7-8)
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you; For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”
Galatians 6: “Whatever a man sows, that will he also reap”
“Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is beneficial; “Everything is permissible for me, but nothing should possess me.”
(Corinth. 6:12)
“Whatever a man sows, that will he also reap.”
(Gal. 6:7)
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