Let all your things be done with charity.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let all that you do be done in love.
- BSB Do everything in love.
- NKJV Let all that you do be done with love.
- NASB All that you do must be done in love.
- NLT And do everything with love.
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Quick answer
Every action of the believer is to be governed by love. It applies the great 'love chapter' to the whole of daily conduct.
Overview
This brief verse draws on the extended teaching of 1 Corinthians 13, where Paul showed that gifts and deeds without love are worthless. The courage and strength just commanded (verse 13) must never harden into harshness; love is the controlling motive for all Christian behavior. It reflects the gospel itself, since Christ's self-giving love is both the source and the pattern of the love believers are called to show.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- John 13:34–35A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
- 1 Pet 4:8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
- 1 Tim 1:5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
- 1 Jn 4:7–8Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
- 1 Cor 12:31But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
- John 15:17These things I command you, that ye love one another.
- Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
- Rom 13:8–10Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
- 1 Th 3:12And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
- Gal 5:13–14For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
- 2 Pet 1:7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
- 1 Th 4:9–10But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
- Phil 2:1–3If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
- Rom 14:15But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
- 1 Th 3:6But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
- 1 Cor 8:1Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
- Eph 4:1–3I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
- 2 Th 1:3We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
- Heb 13:4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
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