Jesus teaches us to love one another in the same way that he has loved us all. It would be difficult to love others, though, if we do not first love ourselves. We begin to love ourselves once we realize that God loves us and is concerned about our destiny.
We need to comprehend God’s purpose for our life because there are numerous texts that explicitly state how much God loves us. Once we realize how much God loves us, we will naturally feel compelled to love others.
Take a look at the following verses from the Bible that will encourage us to love ourselves. So let us open our hearts to God’s world and enjoy his blessings.
Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
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.
1 Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Mark 12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
1 John 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
1 Corinthians 16:14 Let all your things be done with charity.
1 Corinthians 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Romans 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
James 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Colossians 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
1 Corinthians 13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Romans 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Romans 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
1 John 4:21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
1 John 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
1 John 4:17 Herein 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.
1 John 4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
Colossians 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
