1 Peter 1:22

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

Cross References (47)

  • 1 Timothy 1:5 (37)

    The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

  • Hebrews 13:1 (23)

    Continue in brotherly love.

  • Romans 12:9–10 (22)

    Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

  • 1 Peter 3:8 (19)

    Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.

  • 1 John 4:12 (17)

    No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

  • John 13:34–35 (17)

    A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

  • 1 John 4:7 (16)

    Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

  • James 4:8 (13)

    Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-mind

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:3 (11)

    We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more

  • 1 Thessalonians 3:12 (10)

    And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love fo

  • 1 John 3:23 (10)

    And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another

  • 1 John 3:11 (8)

    This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

  • 1 Peter 2:17 (8)

    Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

  • 1 John 4:20 (8)

    If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has

  • Acts 15:9 (8)

    He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.

  • 2 Peter 1:7 (7)

    and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.

  • Philippians 1:9 (7)

    And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

  • Galatians 5:5 (6)

    But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.

  • 1 Peter 4:8 (6)

    Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

  • Hebrews 11:8 (6)

    By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowi

  • Ephesians 4:3 (6)

    and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

  • Hebrews 9:14 (5)

    how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our co

  • Romans 6:16–17 (5)

    Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are s

  • James 2:15–16 (5)

    Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.

  • Hebrews 6:10 (5)

    For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to t

  • 1 John 3:14–19 (5)

    We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death

  • John 15:17 (5)

    This is My command to you: Love one another.

  • 1 Peter 4:17 (5)

    For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for thos

  • Revelation 2:4 (5)

    But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:8–9 (4)

    Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

  • 1 Timothy 5:2 (4)

    older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

  • 1 Timothy 1:3 (4)

    As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false do

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:13 (4)

    But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to

  • Hebrews 5:9 (4)

    And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him

  • 1 Peter 3:1 (4)

    Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will b

  • 2 Timothy 1:14 (4)

    Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

  • 1 Timothy 4:12 (4)

    Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:6 (4)

    in purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;

  • Galatians 3:1 (4)

    O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

  • Galatians 5:7 (3)

    You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?

  • Romans 2:8 (3)

    But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

  • John 17:17 (3)

    Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

  • Romans 8:13 (3)

    For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you w

  • Romans 1:5 (3)

    Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obe

  • John 15:3 (3)

    You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

  • John 17:19 (2)

    For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

  • Acts 6:7 (2)

    So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests