Today we come to one of the most famous declarations ever to have come from the lips of Jesus. I don’t think our love for one another has quite the effect on the non-Christian world today as did the love that Christians had for one another in the time when Tertullian lived. ( Apology 39).Ĭan we with honesty say the same thing today? I wish we could, but I doubt it. All things are common among us our wives. One in mind and soul, we do not hesitate to share our earthly goods with one another. How they are ready even to die for one another!’ No tragedy causes trouble in our brotherhood, the family possessions, which generally destroy brotherhood among you, create fraternal bonds among us. ‘See,’ they say, " how they love one another. “It is mainly the deeds of a love so noble that lead many to put a brand upon us. In one memorable statement, Tertullian said this:
Rather it was the seemingly inexplicable love that Christians had one for another that initially baffled and finally captivated non-Christians. Although Tertullian was an apologist, which is to say he devoted himself to defining and defending the Christian faith against its critics, he was quick to point out that it wasn’t any particular theological or philosophical argument that would ultimately persuade pagans of the truth about Jesus. He lived and wrote at a time when opposition to Christianity and the Church was intensifying. He was one of the greatest of the early church fathers and was actually the first man to use the word “Trinity” to describe the nature of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Tertullian lived and ministered in the early years of the third century a.d. I don’t of anyone who has named their child after him. If you find it difficult or seemingly impossible to love others (or a particular person), remember that God truly loves you and everyone.You may not be familiar with the name Tertullian. Romans 13:8 ~ Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.ġ John 4:11 ~ Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.ġ John 3:18 ~ Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. Outdo one another in showing honor.ġ John 4:7-10 ~ Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Romans 12:10 ~ Love one another with brotherly affection.
By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:34-35 ~ A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. In John 13:34, Jesus said, "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another." Top Bible Verses about Loving One Anotherġ John 4:20 ~ If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. What does the Bible say about Loving One Another?ĭiscover the best Bible Verses about loving others in this collection of scripture quotes.
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