1 John 3:13-18
Psalms 116:10-13, 16-17
John 15:12-17
1 John 3:13-18
(13) If the world hates you, brothers, do not be surprised (14) We know that we have passed from death to life. For we love as brothers. Whoever does not love, abides in death (15) Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding within him (16) We know the love of God in this way: because he laid down his life for us. And so, we must lay down our lives for our brothers (17) Whoever possesses the goods of this world, and sees his brother to be in need, and yet closes his heart to him: in what way does the love of God abide in him (18) My little sons, let us not love in words only, but in works and in truth
Psalms 116:10-13, 16-17
(10) Alleluia. I had confidence, because of what I was saying, but then I was greatly humbled. (11) I said in my excess, “Every man is a liar.” (12) What shall I repay to the Lord, for all the things that he has repaid to me? (13) I will take up the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the Lord. (16) O Lord, because I am your servant, your servant and the son of your handmaid, you have broken my bonds. (17) I will sacrifice to you the sacrifice of praise, and I will invoke the name of the Lord.
John 15:12-17
(12) This is my precept: that you love one another, just as I have loved you (13) No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends (14) You are my friends, if you do what I instruct you (15) I will no longer call you servants, for the servant does not know what his Lord is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything whatsoever that I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you (16) You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. And I have appointed you, so that you may go forth and bear fruit, and so that your fruit may last. Then whatever you have asked of the Father in my name, he shall give to you (17) This I command you: that you love one another
