Love

• • Mark 12:30 - You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.

  • John 13:34 - I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.

  • John 13:35 - This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

  • 1 Corinthians 13:2 - And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.
    

Joy

• • Psalm 28:7 - The LORD is my strength and my shield, in whom my heart trusted and found help. So my heart rejoices; with my song I praise my God.

  • Romans 12:12 - Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer.
    

Peace

• • Numbers 6:24-26 - The LORD bless you and keep you! The LORD let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you! The LORD look upon you kindly and give you peace!

  • Matthew 9:5 - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

  • Romans 8:31 - What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

  • Isaiah 43:1b - Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name: you are mine.
    

Patience

• • 1 Corinthians 13:4 - Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated,

  • 2 Peter 3:9 - The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard "delay," but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
    

Kindness

• • 1 Corinthians 13:4 - Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated,

  • Ephesians 4:32 - (And) be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.
    

Goodness

• • Psalm 23:6 - Only goodness and love will pursue me all the days of my life; I will dwell in the house of the LORD for years to come.

  • Hebrews 13:1-2 - Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels.

  • 1 Peter 3:9 - Do not return evil for evil, or insult for insult; but, on the contrary, a blessing, because to this you were called, that you might inherit a blessing.
    

Faithfulness

• • Lamentations 3:22-23 - The favors of the LORD are not exhausted, his mercies are not spent; They are renewed each morning, so great is his faithfulness.

  • Jeremiah 29:13 - You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
    

Gentleness

• • 1 Timothy 6:11b - Instead, pursue righteousness, devotion, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.

  • Colossians 4:5-6 - Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you know how you should respond to each one.

  • Romans 14:13 - Then let us no longer judge one another, but rather resolve never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
    

Self-control (Forbearance)

• • Proverbs 25:28 - Like an open city with no defenses is the man with no check on his feelings.

  • Ephesians 4:2-3 - with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace:

  • Colossians 3:12-14 - Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do. And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection.