Bible Verses about “affection”
The Bible contains 13 verses about affection across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
“Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.”
“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.”
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”
“For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
“Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.”
“‹A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.›”
“[Be] kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;”
“‹By this shall all› [men] ‹know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.›”
“For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.”
“Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;”
“¶ From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members?”
“‹And the second› [is] ‹like,› [namely] ‹this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.›”