“rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us”

Romans 5:7-8

“In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins”

1 John 4:10

“Those who say, ‘I love God,’ and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen”

1 John 4:20

“No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us”

1 John 4:12

“I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power... to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God”

Ephesians 3:17-19