"Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.

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• "Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil cling
  to what is good. Be devoted to one another in
  brotherly love. Honor one another above
  yourselves.
• "If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his
  brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not
  love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love
  God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us
  this command Whoever loves God must also love
  his brother."
• And over all these virtues put on love, which
  binds them all together in perfect unity.

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• THE CHIEF VIRTUE IS LOVE
• If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,
  but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or
  a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy
  and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,
  and if I have a faith that can move mountains,
  but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I
  possess to the poor and surrender my body to the
  flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

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• I am patient with you because I love you and want
  to forgive you.
• I am kind to you because I love you and want to
  help you.
• I do not envy your possessions or your gifts
  because I love you and want you to have the best.
• I do not boast about my attainments because I
  love you and want to hear about yours.
• I am not proud because I love you and want to
  esteem you before myself.

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• I am not rude because I love you and care about
  your feelings
• I am not self-seeking because I love you and want
  to meet your needs
• I am not easily angered by you because I love you
  and want to overlook your offenses
• I do not keep a record of wrongs because I love
  you , and "love covers a multitude of sins."
  Practice of Godliness p. 246,247

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• YOU MUST DEVELOP LOVE
• That means you must define love as God has
  defined it.
• "Am I patient, kind, and without envy in my
  relationships? Am I seeking to help those who
  have a need? Am I desiring the best for those
  that God has brought into my life? Am I seeking
  to build up others or only to build up myself
  through others?
• We must learn to accept people where they are.

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• It means overlooking small irritations.
• We need to Look for Potential rather than
  Problems.
• A diligent effort must be made to root out
  unloving behavior from our lives.

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• A Christian should at all times keep a strong
  guard against everything that tends to overthrow
  or corrupt or undermine a spirit of love...If
  love is the sum of Christianity, surely those
  things which overthrow love are exceedingly
  unbecoming Christians. An envious Christian, a
  malicious Christian, a cold and hard-hearted
  Christian, is the greatest absurdity and
  contradiction. It is as if one should speak of
  dark brightness, or a false truth! CHARITY AND
  ITS FRUITS p. 23 Banner of Truth edition

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• LOVE BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER
• LOVE BRINGS CHRISTIANS TOGETHER
• LOVE DRAWS PEOPLE TO CHRIST

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