lost love
What does the Bible say about lost love? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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1If I were to speak in the language of men, or of Angels, yet not have charity, I would be like a clanging bell or a crashing cymbal. 2And if I have prophecy, and learn every mystery, and obtain all knowledge, and possess all faith, so that I could move mountains, yet not have charity, then I am nothing. 3And if I distribute all my goods in order to feed the poor, and if I hand over my body to be burned, yet not have charity, it offers me nothing. 4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated. 5Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil. 6Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth.
7Charity suffers all, believes all, hopes all, endures all.
14And above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection.
28And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.
14Let all that is yours be immersed in charity.
1“Do not let your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe in me also. 2In my Father’s house, there are many dwelling places. If there were not, I would have told you. For I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will return again, and then I will take you to myself, so that where I am, you also may be. 4And you know where I am going. And you know the way.” 5Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” 6Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and handed himself over for her,
8For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God.
6Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
1Pursue charity. Be zealous for spiritual things, but only so that you may prophesy.