And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Love is what ties every other virtue together.
1 John 4:16
1 John 4:16
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
God is love, and whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
KJV1 John 4:16 in context
13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. 14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 17Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19We love him, because he first loved us.
A letter about love: God is love, and those who know Him love one another.
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Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
Set me as a seal upon your heart: love is strong as death, and many waters cannot quench it.
Let all your things be done with charity.
A whole way of life in one line: let everything you do be done in love.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Faith, hope and love remain, and the greatest of these is love.