Deus é amor
Deus é amor — esta é a declaração mais profunda da Bíblia sobre a natureza divina. Tudo que Deus faz nasce do amor. Quem permanece no amor permanece em Deus.
A natureza de Deus
Deus é amor. Quem permanece no amor, permanece em Deus e Deus nele. Ele nos amou primeiro com amor eterno.
7 Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love.
10 Herein is love; not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son, a propitiation for our sins.
15 Whosoever shall confess, that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.16 And we know and believe the love that God hath to us. God is love, and he that abideth in love, abideth in God, and God in him.
19 He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him, may not perish, but have everlasting life.
O amor de Deus revelado
Deus prova o seu amor em que Cristo morreu por nós quando ainda éramos pecadores. Seu amor é compassivo e eterno.
8 But God recommendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
4 But God who is rich in mercy,5 through his great love wherewith he loved us, Hath quickened us together with Christ, even when we were dead in trespasses, (by grace ye are saved) And hath raised us up together,
11 Finally, brethren, farewel: be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace shall be with you.