“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” 

John 5:5 (NKJV)

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 

1 John 3:16

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! 

1 John 3:1

Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 

John 20:21

Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” 

John 20:18a

He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 

John 12:25 (NKJV)

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16

“It is written,” he said to them, “My house will be called a house of prayer,”… 

Matthew 21:13a

“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” 

Mark 8:34b