What Jesus Said About Friends And Friendship.
What did Jesus say about Friends and Friendship?
What does the Bible say about Friends & Friendship?
In particular, What does Jesus say about Friends in the Bible?
and What did Jesus Say About Having Friends, Choosing Friends, and Being Friends With Jesus? Did Jesus Have Friends?
Join us to explore Bible Verses showing What Jesus Said About Friends, Friendship, and Being Friends With Jesus.
I pray these scriptures are a blessing and an encouragement to you and yours. Amen.
What Jesus Said About Friends and Friendship
#1. Jesus Said: The Greatest Love Is To Lay Down One’s life For One’s Friends
John 15:13, NIV Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
#2. Jesus Said: You Are My Friends If You Do What I Command.
John 15:14, NIV You are my friends if you do what I command.
See also: Obedience is the proof of our faith
#3. Jesus Said: I Call You Friend!
John 15:15, NCV I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing. But I call you friends, because I have made known to you everything I heard from my Father.
More On Jesus As A Friend, And Being Friends With Jesus:
Bible Verses About Jesus Being Our Friend ; Did Jesus Have Friends?; What A Friend We Have In Jesus
#4. Jesus Was A Friend Of Sinners. Jesus Shared Meals With People From Varying Walks Of Life.
Matthew 9:10-17, NIV While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
#5. Jesus Said: Love Is Not Optional In Friendship. We Must Love One Another As Friends.
John 13:34, NIV A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
John 13:35, NIV By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
Dear Friends, Jesus is the perfect example of true friendship. Jesus has modeled the meaning of friendship to us by loving us unconditionally, by always being there for us, by drawing us to God, and by laying down his life for us, His friends.
I pray these Bible Verses on What Jesus Says About Friends have been a blessing to you and yours. May we continually honor the love and friendship of Jesus. May we be good friends to others too! May we let our lights shine, glorifying God and representing Jesus in all we say and do.
Amen.
See also:
#1. 13 Bible Verses About Godly Friendships
#2. 10 Encouraging Bible Verses About Showing Love To Others
#3. Bible Verses & Quotes About Friendship, Good Friends, Bad Friends
#4. If You Want Friends, Be A Friend
#5. Bible Verses About Being Merciful
#6. Dear Friend, I Pray That You May Enjoy Good Health And That All May Go Well With You.
#7. The Gift Of Friendship – Giving & Accepting The Gift Of True Friendship
#8. I Am With You Always.
What Jesus Said About Friends And Friendship.
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