Bible Verses About The Affections: Upon the people of God

The holy people in the land are the ones who are worthy of honor; all my pleasure is in them.

Love each other devotedly and with brotherly love; and set examples for each other in showing respect.

This is the reason we have been encouraged. Besides our own encouragement, we had the even greater joy of seeing how happy Titus was, because all of you set his mind at rest.

For I had boasted somewhat about you to him, and now I have not been made to look foolish. On the contrary, just as everything we have said to you is true, so too our boasting in front of Titus has proved true.

And his affection for you is all the greater as he remembers how ready you were to obey and how you received him with reverence and respect.

We were so devoted to you that we were glad to share with you not only God’s Good News but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us.