1 Thessalonians 3:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And may the Lord make you to increase and excel and overflow in love for one another and for all people, just as we also do for you,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you;

Common English Bible

¹² May the Lord cause you to increase and enrich your love for each other and for everyone in the same way as we also love you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And may the Lord multiply you, and make you abound in your charity toward one another and toward all, just as we also do toward you,

1 Thessalonians 3:12 Cross References

Philippians 1:9

And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight

Matthew 22:39

And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.

Romans 13:8

Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.

Galatians 5:22

By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.

1 Thessalonians 2:8

So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.

2 Peter 1:7

and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love.

Matthew 7:12

“In everything do to others as you would have them do to you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

James 1:17

Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more.

Luke 17:5

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

Psalm 115:4

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

2 Corinthians 9:10

He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.