Bible Dictionary: The Love of Christ: To be Imitated

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John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
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John 15:12
This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you.
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Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling smell.
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1 John 3:16
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
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Love and Obedience
... which is reluctant, calculated, forced upon us by dread, imitated from others"all
that is nothing; and Jesus Christ does not count ... 'If ye love Me, keep ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/love and obedience.htm

To the Philadelphians
... lest his suggestions wear you down, and you waver in your love. ... were God's temple;
value unity; flee schism; imitate Jesus Christ as he imitated his Father ...
/.../richardson/early christian fathers/to the philadelphians.htm

On the Feast of S. Laurence the Martyr (Aug. 10).
... be terrible to any of His followers, but might be imitated by many ... when they found
that his wondrous courage, born principally of love for Christ, not only ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/sermon lxxxv on the feast.htm

Whether it is More Meritorious to Love One's Neighbour than to ...
... did not wish to be separated from Christ when in ... of unbelief, and consequently is
not to be imitated in this ... which he would have sought out of love for himself ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/nature and grace/article eight whether it is.htm

Altogether Lovely
... Now, the apostles followed Christ; the first fathers imitated the apostles; the
next ... with his prudence and discretion we must seek to have Christ's love to God ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/altogether lovely.htm

Reply to the Arguments of the Adversaries.
... But the multitude since then has imitated not the faith of the Fathers ... by our love
we can overcome death, if by our love, without Christ as Propitiator ...
/.../melanchthon/the apology of the augsburg confession/part 7 reply to the.htm

The Parable of the Good Samaritan. (Luke, X. , 25, Seq. )
... The contrast between true and pretended love is thus ... [673] It has been supposed,
since Christ's reply is ... put into this connexion, a connexion imitated from Mark ...
/.../section 250 the parable of.htm

Monitions of Christ to the Apostles in Regard to Prudence in their ...
... Fit yourselves, by your labours of love, to become ... a model of serpent wisdom, which,
imitated by Christians ... The concluding words of Christ, above explained (v.13 ...
/.../section 182 monitions of christ.htm

Copies of Christ's Manner
... whether Peter meant to do like Jesus Christ or not ... Love always delights in imitation;
and the disciples of a ... are a good deal more easily imitated than insides. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/copies of christs manner.htm

Answering the Reasons which those Ministers Give, which Hinder the ...
... It would be well considered that Christ is in this ... lastly for a pledge and memorial
of the love that he ... Saints are more to be admired than imitated, and that ...
/.../chap ii answering the reasons.htm