Loving Difficult People
10 passages
- Matthew 5:46
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?
Read it in context - John 15:12
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Read it in context - Matthew 18:15
If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
Read it in context - Matthew 21:22
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
Read it in context - Luke 6:32
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
Read it in context - Proverbs 9:7–9
7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself. 8Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. 9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
Read it in context - John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Read it in context - Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
Read it in context - Romans 5:8
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Read it in context - 1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
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