Bible Verses About The Affections: Upon the people of God

As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.

Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.

And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.