And walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour. Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it, Ephesians 5:2,25
I am crucified with Christ, and no longer live, *I*, but Christ lives in me; but [in] that I now live in flesh, I live by faith, the [faith] of the Son of God, who has loved me and given himself for me. Galatians 2:20
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Revelation 1:5, Galatians 2:20O Jesus, Lord, who loved us like to Thee?
Isaiah 53:11, 1 Corinthians 13:12Fruit of Thy work, with Thee, too, there to see
2 Corinthians 3:18, John 17:24Thy glory, Lord, while endless ages roll,
Isaiah 53:11, Matthew 13:45,46Thy saints the prize and travail of Thy soul.
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Ruth 3:18, John 12:24Yet it must be, Thy love had not its rest
Revelation 5:9, John 12:27Were Thy redeemed not with Thee fully blest;
John 17:22,23, John 14:27That love that gives not as the world, but shares
Ephesians 3:6, John 15:15All it possesses with its loved co-heirs.
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John 14:2,3, Ephesians 3:15Nor we alone, Thy loved ones all, complete,
Revelation 5:9-13, John 14:3In glory round Thee there with joy shall meet;
1 John 3:2,3, Judges 8:13All like Thee, for Thy glory like Thee, Lord:
Revelation 5:9,10, Romans 8:29Object supreme of all, by all adored.