“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” (1 Peter 1:22).
The Living Bible says of today’s key verse: “Now you can have real love for everyone because your souls have been cleansed from selfishness and hatred when you trusted Christ to save you; so see to it that you really do love each other warmly, with all your hearts.”
The NIV Study Bible offers this explanation: “A command no doubt based on John 13:34-35. See also I Thessalonians 4:9-10 where, like Peter, Paul commends his readers for their love of fellow believers and then urges them to love still more, deeply, fervently.”
Finish out this week with a song.
I’m gonna live the way He wants me to live
I’m gonna give until there’s just no more to give
I’m gonna love, love till there’s just no more love
I could never, never out love the Lord.
Sue Winchester
Missouri
PRAY TOGETHER: Meditate on the truths found in the lyrics of “I Could Never Outlove the Lord.” Make this chorus your prayer today.
