Bible Verses About Agape Love And The Love Feast

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

Love as Christ’s self-giving

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

Brotherly love taught by God

Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.

Direct Bible command for a holy kiss.

All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.

Direct Bible command for a holy kiss.

Greet one another with an holy kiss.

Direct Bible command for a holy kiss.

Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.

Direct Bible command for a holy kiss.

Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Direct Bible greeting with a kiss of love.

Let brotherly love continue.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Direct Bible passage about brotherly love.

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

Direct Bible command to invite the poor to a feast.

Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

Christ’s love to the end supports love theme

And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Early church fellowship and breaking bread background.

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Feast language with sincerity and truth; background only.

For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

Love without charity profits nothing.

If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

Feast with conscience language

Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.

Meal order and waiting for one another

Let all your things be done with charity.

General charity command

And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Direct Bible passage on fervent charity.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Summarizes love as the greatest virtue.

These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Direct Bible text naming love feasts.

Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

Direct Bible call to hospitality.

He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.

Sharing food with those who have none is background support.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Classic love chapter description.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.