Romans 12:9-21 What does God’s love look like?

Summary: A verse by verse examination of what the book of Romans in the Bible teaches. This message covers Romans 12:9-21 what God’s love looks like.

Bible References:

Romans 12:9-21 ⁹Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.  ¹⁰Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;  ¹¹Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;  ¹²Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;  ¹³Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.  ¹⁴Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.  ¹⁵Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.  ¹⁶Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.  ¹⁷Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.  ¹⁸If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.  ¹⁹Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.  ²⁰Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.  ²¹Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

1 Corinthians 13:1-7 ¹Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.  ²And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.  ³And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. ⁴Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,  ⁵Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;  ⁶Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;  ⁷Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Philippians 2:1-4 ¹If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,  ²Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.  ³Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.  ⁴Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 

Ephesians 4:1-14 ¹I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, ²With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;  ³Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.  ⁴There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;  ⁵One Lord, one faith, one baptism,  ⁶One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.  ⁷But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.  ⁸Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.  ⁹(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?  ¹⁰He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)  ¹¹And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;  ¹²For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:  ¹³Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:  ¹⁴That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 

Hebrews 11:1 ¹Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 

Galatians 5:22-23 ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,  ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.