LOVE
(See also Affection; Brotherly Love [Brotherly Affection]; Crushes; Infatuation; Loyal Love; Unselfishness)
(Note centered headings below: Bible Examples; Quotations)
aid in communication: w91 9/1 28-29
aid in controlling tongue: w96 5/15 21-23
aid in endurance: w01 1/1 10; w99 2/15 21-22; w99 12/15 28; g96 10/8 26-27
aid in humility: w93 12/1 23-24
aid in obedience: km 9/05 8
aid in self-control: w91 11/15 16
aid in using power aright: cl 98-99
“as strong as death” (Ca 8:6): w06 11/15 20; w87 11/15 25
balances other Christian qualities: w86 6/1 4
basis for—
exhortation: be 266; w92 4/15 23-25
law of Christ: w96 9/1 20
manners: w89 6/15 13-14
true liberty: w87 1/1 3
trust: w22.09 3-4, 12
unity: w12 7/15 31
benefits to one who displays: w23.07 12-13; w17.08 29; g 2/15 7; w99 12/15 28
contentment: w10 11/1 4
happiness: g18.1 8-9; g 2/14 9; g 11/14 6; g 11/13 7-8; w94 10/1 13-14
psychological study in U.S.: gm 168
brotherly love: w25.05 18-19; yb16 2-3; w97 8/1 14-19; w93 10/15 12-16; w89 12/15 16-17; w88 10/1 10-14; w86 10/1 11-12
“builds up” (1Co 8:1): w18.09 12-16; w17.08 29; g 11/08 8; w92 11/15 21-22
children’s need for: w08 5/1 8; g 8/07 4; w05 6/15 22-23; g00 12/8 6-9
expressions of love: w19.09 19; w08 10/1 19; g04 10/22 8; g00 12/8 6; g97 8/8 3-4, 8; w96 9/1 20; kl 146
for learning: g04 8/8 4-6; g04 10/22 8
physical affection: g 10/09 30; g 12/09 22; w06 11/1 5; g02 12/8 28; g00 12/8 6; g98 10/8 29
child training: w07 9/1 21-25; w01 10/1 9-10
disciplining with love: scl 89; g18.2 9; w15 11/15 5; w14 7/1 11; w07 9/1 22-25; w04 7/15 31
love for Christian brothers and sisters: w07 9/1 30
love for Jehovah: mwb23.11 9; w22.05 26-31; mwb21.05 12; w19.12 22-27; w14 12/1 16; w07 9/1 26-30; w07 9/15 8-10; km 10/06 1; w99 7/1 14
love for siblings: lr 222-226
parental love: w15 11/15 4-5; g04 8/8 4-6; g04 10/22 8
stepchildren: w99 3/1 4-5
teaching children to love: w03 7/1 4-5; w99 7/1 11
Christian requirement: it-2 275-277; w17.02 12; jy 276; w09 12/15 14; bm 29; w03 2/1 13-18; w99 9/15 22-26; jv 30; w92 3/15 20; w91 10/1 20-22; gt chapter 116; sh 344-348; si 257-258; w89 5/1 27-28; w86 6/1 4-7; w86 7/15 12
elders to promote: si 231
self-sacrificing love: ijwbv article 32; w22.02 22-25; w19.05 4-5; w18.09 12; w05 3/15 10-15
“clothe yourselves with” (Col 3:14): w17.08 26; g97 9/8 9-10; kl 163-167
courage strengthened by: w06 10/1 21-25
“covers a multitude of sins” (1Pe 4:8): w23.09 29; w23.11 11-12; cl 303-304; kp 30; om 139
cultivating: w17.08 28-29; w09 12/15 24-28; w03 7/1 4-7; w01 1/1 17, 22; w94 6/1 17-18; g87 2/8 28; w86 6/1 7; g86 9/22 6-7
discussion: w18.01 22-26; it-2 273-279; w17.08 27-29; w09 12/15 24-28; g 3/06 3-9; w01 1/1 8-13; w99 2/15 18-23; g98 5/8 14-15; w93 10/15 17-22; w92 7/15 27-31; w90 11/15 10-20
displaying: scl 69; rr 228-229; rk 27; g 11/08 8-9; w07 7/1 23-24; kp 29-31; wt 19-20; kl 163-167; w86 7/15 21-26; w86 10/1 12
apologizing: w96 9/15 22-23
by generosity: w89 12/1 24-27
by personal interest: w89 11/15 15-20
“in fuller measure” (1Th 4:10): w03 2/1 13-14; w86 10/1 12
Jesus washes apostles’ feet: cf 32-34; it-2 1171; w09 1/1 19; w09 11/15 24; w02 2/1 15
toward one’s children: w15 11/15 4-5; g 10/09 30; g 12/09 22; w08 10/1 19; w05 4/1 10-11; g04 2/8 30; g04 10/22 8; g97 8/8 3-4, 8-9; kl 146
early Christians: w12 3/1 6; g98 10/22 5-6; jv 304; pe 232
effect on—
disabled: g95 12/8 12-13
health: g86 9/22 3-6
heart: w00 3/1 31
mental health: gm 168; g86 9/22 5
elders: w94 1/15 18-19
Russell’s view: w94 10/1 19
shepherding with love: w19.05 6-7; w06 5/1 17-19; w94 10/1 15-20
examples: w99 5/15 27-28
abandoned man put up for night: yb05 50-51
accommodate Witness and non-Witness: yb99 18
apologizing: w96 9/15 22
assist bereaved: g05 10/22 31; w98 7/15 32
assist blind siblings: w23.02 31
assist in caring for ill Witness: w03 11/1 32
assist non-Witness disaster victims: g93 1/8 17-18, 20-21
assists neighbor responsible for arrest by Gestapo: g98 10/22 7; w95 6/15 6-7
assist those with special needs: w86 11/15 23
assist Witnesses involved in auto accident: w21.01 24-25
assist Witness having rheumatoid arthritis: yb08 25-26
assist Witness whose wife dies: w97 10/1 32
care for parents of terrorist victim: g89 7/22 14
columnist’s comments on meeting: w88 6/1 6-7
cooperate in financial crisis: w01 1/1 15
disabled children cared for: g89 8/8 17-20; g89 11/22 30; g86 2/8 10-13
elderly cared for: w16.07 20; w08 8/15 19; w04 5/15 19; jv 306; yb93 190-191; w88 7/15 22
elderly sister helped to auxiliary pioneer: w88 1/15 6
groceries bought for family in need: jv 306-307; w86 10/15 17
home-heating building rebuilt: g05 12/8 31
homes built: w03 9/1 28; g89 3/22 27
homes repaired or rebuilt: yb11 159; yb09 208; w06 12/1 28; w03 6/1 5-6; g03 7/8 30; g03 8/8 14; g02 11/22 19-24; g01 10/22 26-27; w00 9/15 32; g00 4/22 16-17; w99 5/15 27-28; w99 6/15 9; g99 3/8 13; g98 10/8 10; w95 10/15 32; w95 12/15 6; jv 310; g93 2/22 31; w91 1/1 28-29; g90 2/22 18-20; g89 3/22 27; w86 10/15 15-16, 19; g86 8/22 23; g86 10/8 21-25
hospitalized foreign Witness cared for: jv 305-306; w87 10/1 5
inactive sister’s belongings moved: w04 6/1 30
kindness to woman crying by roadside: yb05 50
missionary cares for native sister having AIDS: w05 8/15 29
older people as friends: g96 2/22 26-27; g96 11/22 30
orphans of Witness cared for: yb05 44-45
relief during COVID-19 (2020-2021): hdu article 14
relief during war: w91 1/1 25, 27-29
relief for drought victims: w04 6/1 30-31; w91 1/1 6
relief for flood and earthquake victims: yb06 19-20; w05 11/15 32
relief for flood victims: w99 6/15 8; g87 7/8 27
relief for hurricane survivors: g93 1/8 16-21
relief for mud slide victims: g92 1/8 22
rescue girl abandoned to die alongside street: w07 2/15 11
risks life carrying bomb away: w99 11/15 29-30
Rwanda refugees cared for: yb96 255
sharing provisions on march from concentration camp: yb96 88-89
shovel snow for elderly man: w07 10/1 6
Siberia during exile: yb11 207-208
takes shark attack to save wife: w06 10/1 21
translates phone call: km 1/07 1
van purchased to bring cerebral palsy victims to meetings: w86 10/15 18
war victims cared for: w00 12/15 9-10
wife won over: w03 2/1 26, 28-29; w01 1/1 14
youths who love the truth: w02 10/1 9-11
exhorting on basis of: w92 4/15 23-25
expansive: it-2 276-277
experiences:
abused as a child: g 11/13 7-8
blind siblings shown love: w23.02 31
box meals after earthquake: w95 11/1 29
groceries bought: w18.08 25; w92 2/15 18
interested Jew hosted by Arab family: w97 8/1 16
letter to Yugoslavia branch: g00 11/8 32
life story “I Found True Love and Peace”: g 6/12 19-21
life story “The Family That Truly Loved Me”: g95 7/22 21-24
love shown at convention attracts university student: w25.04 15-16
mother helped to express love: ijwex article 2
mother who lost daughter in mass shooting comforted: ijwex article 25
neighbor won over: w99 10/15 10
prejudice overcome: w92 2/15 18
ride offered to ill-looking lady: yb94 56-57
romantic advances from workmate: w06 6/15 14, 29; w06 9/15 26, 28-29
sees love among Witness strangers: yb12 73
sees love at convention: w18.01 30
sees love of Witnesses as something special: yb12 76-77
sees love while spying on meetings: yb11 248-249; yb89 225
Witness at last feels loved by Jehovah: w17.09 27
wood cut: w92 2/15 18
failure of religions to teach: g98 10/22 3-4
field ministry motivated by: w24.05 14-19; w21.07 3, 5; w20.09 3-4; w18.05 18-20; w16.01 32; w14 6/15 20; km 5/13 1; w12 5/15 26; km 11/11 3; jr 41-42; w09 7/15 15-19; km 6/09 1; w08 5/15 24; w07 11/15 21-22; yb07 3-4; km 1/07 1; jd 177; w05 1/1 13-14; w05 7/1 17; w05 8/15 28; kp 31; w02 2/15 26-27; w02 8/15 15-20; km 3/01 8; km 2/00 4; w98 12/15 16; km 4/98 1; w90 11/15 19-20; km 2/89 1
finding true love: g 3/06 8-9
“flame of Jah” (Ca 8:6): w23.05 20; w15 1/15 29
for—
afflicted ones: w86 10/15 10-21
babies: w08 5/1 8-9; g03 12/22 5-6; fy 54; g91 9/22 5-6, 9-11
Bible students: w99 3/15 12-13
elderly in-laws: g90 2/22 11
enemies: ijwbq article 195; w21.03 23-24; it-1 726, 1043; it-2 274; w15 11/15 25; w14 6/15 18-19; g 11/09 10-11; w08 5/15 7-9; w03 3/15 6; w01 1/1 17; g01 8/8 8-10; g98 10/22 7; w95 6/15 5
God’s laws and standards: w20.03 6; w18.06 17; w12 8/15 13-14
God’s Word: w17.05 19-21; w09 6/1 8-11; w00 10/1 14-15; w99 11/1 9-19
good news of the Kingdom: w24.05 15-16
Jehovah’s name: mwb24.09 2
Jehovah’s organization: w20.03 6-7
oneself: ijwbq article 134; w19.05 23-25; w18.01 23; w01 8/15 4-5; g86 1/22 4; g86 9/22 6
people of the world: scl 50; w15 11/15 25; w97 11/1 8-9; w89 5/15 21-22; tp 118-120, 169-172
people we preach to: w24.05 16-17; w18.05 19-20; jr 41-42; w08 5/15 24; km 4/08 3; km 1/07 1
people we teach: cf 81; w09 1/15 6-7; w09 7/15 18-19; w07 11/15 22; w02 8/15 18-20
the truth: w22.08 14-15, 17-19; w13 12/15 7-8; w02 8/15 15-18
truth and righteousness: w23.03 2-3
truth that we teach: w09 7/15 17
what is good: w04 11/15 23-24
world: w86 7/15 13; tp 118-121
for family: w21.01 12-13; mwb21.05 13; w12 7/15 30-31; w09 7/15 12-13; kp 29-30; w02 12/15 26-29; w01 1/1 14-15; w97 6/15 24-25; w96 8/1 17-18; fy 70, 74, 81, 84-85, 101-102, 119, 148-149, 186-188; tp 172-174
elderly parents: fy 173-174, 176-177
mate: w23.05 20-25; lff lesson 49; g18.1 9; w16.08 13-14; w15 1/15 22, 28-31; w15 11/15 22-23; g 2/15 7; w13 5/15 16; g 8/07 4; w02 4/15 16-17; g02 2/8 10-11; w96 8/1 17-18; fy 27-30, 148-149; w89 7/15 31; w87 11/15 24-25; g86 1/8 11-12
siblings: lr 222-226
unbelieving husband: fy 129, 131-132
wife: cf 180; lff lesson 49; w19.05 6; w12 5/15 6; w10 5/15 11-12; w09 5/15 19-20; w07 1/15 6; w07 5/1 20; w97 8/15 18
for fellow Christians: w25.04 14-19; w23.01 29; w23.07 6-7, 9-13; w23.09 28-29; w23.11 8-13; cf 177-180; cl 300-309; w21.01 10-12; lff lesson 18; w20.02 9; w19.08 9-10; od 197; w18.01 16; w18.07 26; it-2 275-277; mwb18.07 4; w17.05 21; w16.01 15; w15 11/15 23-24; w10 9/15 12-13, 19-20; w09 7/15 14; w09 11/15 20-24; w06 12/1 27-28; wt 144-150; w01 1/1 15-16; w01 9/15 18-19; kl 163-167; w91 10/1 21-22; w90 12/1 18-19; pe 231-237; w88 10/1 10-14; w86 6/1 6; w86 7/15 12, 17-19, 21-23; w86 10/1 11-12; tp 164-165
aid in enduring hatred: w21.03 22-23
concern: od 165-167
“desirable things of all the nations” (Hag 2:7): w95 1/15 13
elders show: w99 3/15 13-14
“harmoniously joined together in love” (Col 2:2): w94 12/15 13-18
how shown: w23.11 9-10
inappropriateness of expression “I may have to love them, but I do not have to like them”: w18.01 16
“intense love for one another” (1Pe 4:8): w23.09 29; w23.11 11-12; kp 28-31
“intensely from the heart” (1Pe 1:22): w23.09 29; w21.01 22; w20.03 24-29; w88 10/1 12
loyal love: w21.11 8-13
not necessarily equal for all: w21.01 23-24; w04 10/1 18
ones suffering emotional distress: w18.09 14-16
seen in respect for authority: lvs 48, 50
“tender affection for one another” (Ro 12:10): w21.01 20-25; w10 10/15 17; w09 7/15 14; w04 10/1 14-19
those taking the lead: w16.01 27
video series Display Unfailing Love in the Congregation: mwb24.07 7
when wronged: mwb19.03 2
for Jehovah: w25.01 3; w23.01 28-29; w23.07 8-9; cf 136-138; w22.01 31; cl 310-319; lff lesson 34; w19.08 9; wp18.2 14; w15 9/15 23-27; bhs 205-206; w14 6/15 12-16; w09 4/15 10; w09 10/1 10; w06 6/1 28; w06 12/1 20-24; w01 1/1 10-11; w01 10/15 21; w01 12/1 16-17; gf 26-27; w95 10/1 13; w90 11/15 17-19; si 258; rs 198-199; w86 6/1 4-6; w86 7/15 21-23; w86 8/1 17-19; g86 1/22 8
Adam did not cultivate: it-2 276
aid in avoiding sin: w06 11/15 21-22
aid to faithfulness: w92 1/1 16
answering Satan’s lie: mwb23.09 8
as our Father: w20.02 8-11, 13
children: w22.05 26-31; w22.08 3-4; mwb21.05 12; w19.12 22-27; w14 12/1 16; w07 9/1 26-30; w07 9/15 8-10; km 10/06 1; w97 7/15 21-22
cultivating: w23.08 6-7; w22.08 28-29; w20.03 4-7; mwb18.03 8; w09 12/15 25-26; w06 12/1 23-24; w04 3/1 19-21; w99 10/15 8-9; w98 11/1 18
essential in Jehovah’s servants: it-2 1009-1010
force for endurance: w21.03 21-23; w91 11/1 12-13
force for moral good: w87 10/15 4-7
‘heart, soul, mind, and strength’ (Mt 22:37; Mr 12:30; Lu 10:27): w25.03 8; cl 105; it-2 276, 405, 1007; w14 6/15 13; w13 3/1 13; w10 7/1 23-24; w04 3/1 20-21
helping Bible students develop: w25.06 21-22; w21.06 4; w20.06 7, 10-11; w20.11 4; km 4/08 1; km 9/08 4; km 3/06 4; km 11/98 1; w96 2/15 21
how expressed: mwb24.07 5; w15 9/15 24-27; g 4/08 20-21; km 9/08 4; w06 12/1 21-22; w04 3/1 19-21; w02 12/15 10-11
how possible: w96 6/15 3-7
Jehovah’s Witnesses: w07 3/1 6-7; re 35-36
key to integrity: w19.02 3
lies that hinder: w13 11/1 3-7
loving what Jehovah loves: bhs 132
maintaining: w17.05 18-19
motive for baptism: w23.03 4-7, 12-13; w20.03 2, 4-7
motive for dedication: w10 1/15 6
motive for full-time ministry: w87 2/1 16-17
motive for ministry: w24.05 17-19; w21.07 3, 5; w18.05 18-19; w09 7/15 16-17; km 6/09 1; w07 11/15 21-22; yb07 3; w05 7/1 17; w93 9/15 18-19
motive for serving Jehovah: w19.09 25; yb13 4-6; w03 12/1 5-6; w99 7/15 19-20; w95 6/15 13-18
motive for study of Bible: yb07 4-5
motive for true worship: w92 1/1 8-9
not losing first love: w08 6/15 22-26; re 34-36; km 12/06 1
seen in exclusive devotion: w89 5/1 23
seen in obedience: lff lesson 34; lvs 8-12, 47-48; bh 186-187; lv 5-13, 38-39; w09 8/15 19; w07 6/15 29-30; w05 8/15 27-28; w02 6/15 22
when one has lost his: w89 7/15 21-23
when seemingly lacking: w96 6/15 5-6
youths: w22.08 3-4
for Jesus Christ: w23.01 28-29; w23.03 3-4; cf 12; w20.03 5-6; lvs 33; lv 27; w09 12/15 26; w05 1/1 14; lr 197-201; w01 1/1 12-13; w99 7/15 20
aid in avoiding sin: w06 11/15 22
“though you never saw him” (1Pe 1:8): w97 2/1 14-19
for life: w99 8/15 3-7
for money: ijwbq article 166; w24.09 11-12; mwb24.11 13; scl 75, 119; w21.08 18; g21.1 8; w19.10 27-29; w18.01 24-25; it-1 55; w10 3/15 31-32; w10 9/1 4; w08 6/15 10; g 11/08 6; g 6/07 3-7, 20-21; g03 1/8 27; wt 103-104; w01 6/15 5-6; g94 3/22 3-6; w93 2/15 8-11; w93 6/1 21-22
danger to happiness: w98 5/15 5-6
danger to spirituality: w06 2/1 6
sign of last days: ijwbq article 185; w94 4/15 13-14
for neighbor: ijwbq article 134; w21.12 10-13; wp20.3 12; it-2 490-491; w15 5/15 25-26; w15 11/15 21-25; w14 6/15 17-21; w13 3/1 13; w06 12/1 25-29; w02 9/1 5-7; w01 1/1 13-17, 22; gm 167-168; w86 6/1 5-6; w86 10/1 22-24; tp 163-174; g86 1/22 4-8; g86 10/8 23-24
despite ethnic differences: w93 9/15 3-6
illustration of neighborly Samaritan: w15 3/15 11; w93 9/15 3-4; g86 1/22 7-8
lacking: w02 9/1 3-4
motive for ministry: w21.07 5; w18.05 19-20
seen in respect for authority: lv 39-40
those who do not serve Jehovah: w06 12/1 27
for pleasures: w18.01 25-26; g86 10/22 19
for righteousness: w23.03 2-3; w22.08 26-31
fruitage of God’s spirit: w17.08 27-29; w11 4/15 18-20; w07 7/15 22; w03 7/1 6; w01 1/1 22; w90 11/15 14-15
godly love: it-2 276
gossip incompatible: w89 10/15 18-19
greatness: w16.10 30; w08 7/15 27; w90 11/15 10-15; si 212
Greek words: cl 235; w09 7/15 12-14; w93 10/15 17
agapao (to love): it-1 55; it-2 274
agape (principled love): cl 235-236; it-2 274; w17.10 7; w17.12 13; w09 7/15 12-14; g 11/08 8-9; w03 7/1 8; g01 8/8 8; fy 28-29; w93 10/15 17-18; w90 11/15 12; w88 10/1 11-12
eros (romantic love): w09 7/15 13-14; w90 11/15 11
philadelphia (brotherly love): it-1 55; w16.01 8; w09 7/15 14; w97 8/1 14; w88 10/1 10-11; w86 10/1 11-12
phileo (have affection): it-1 55; it-2 274
philia (affection, friendship): it-1 55; w09 7/15 14; w90 11/15 11-12; w88 10/1 11
philostorgos (tenderly affectionate): it-1 55; w09 7/15 14; w04 10/1 15
storge (family affection, natural affection): it-1 55; w09 7/15 12-13; w90 11/15 11
‘growing cold’ (‘cooling off’) (Mt 24:12): w23.11 10; it-2 279; g 3/06 5; g98 10/22 3-4; w88 10/15 5; tp 81-82
avoiding: w17.05 17-21
growing in love: w23.07 8-13
hatred overcome by: w21.03 23-24; w03 3/15 5-6; g01 8/8 8-10; g97 9/8 9-11
how acquired: it-2 276
how expressed: w21.01 9-10; w17.08 27
identifies God’s word: w07 3/1 5-6
identifies true Christians: w23.03 26-31
identifies true religion: cf 177; w15 11/15 23-24; w12 3/1 6; w10 1/15 15-16; w09 8/1 6-8; w09 11/15 20; w07 3/1 5-7; w06 3/1 5; w03 2/1 13-14; w99 2/15 22; rq 26; jv 30, 710-712; w90 2/1 16, 21-23; w89 5/1 27-28; pe 189-190; rs 329; w86 6/1 3-7
‘inciting to love and fine works’ (Heb 10:24): w13 8/15 20-21; w95 4/1 15-20
Jehovah’s Witnesses: lff lesson 19; w18.01 29-30; w16.06 24; w09 11/15 20; re 35-36; w02 11/1 11; wt 144; w01 3/1 9; g98 10/22 6-7; g97 9/8 9-11; jv 304-317, 710-712; w88 2/1 19
between remnant and “great crowd”: w22.01 22; w89 1/1 26-28
during persecution: jv 315-317
love for one another: w21.10 22; lff lesson 19
within congregation: w03 7/15 4-6; w99 5/15 25-28
John’s writings emphasize: w21.01 8-13
1 John: it-2 96
“in deed and truth” (1Jo 3:18): w25.04 19; w17.10 7-11; w86 7/15 17-18
“made perfect with us” (1Jo 4:17): w86 7/15 22
“throws fear outside” (1Jo 4:18): it-2 605; w04 10/1 29; w95 8/1 31
“kingly law” (Jas 2:8): it-2 222; w06 5/1 29-30
knowledge essential: it-2 276
lack of: g98 10/22 3-4; tp 163-164
in false religion: w88 4/15 16-17
“no natural affection” (2Ti 3:3): ijwbq article 185; w18.01 29; it-1 55; w11 5/1 7; w09 7/15 12-13; g 10/09 30; g 10/07 9; w06 7/15 27-28; w06 9/15 5; kl 104; w90 11/15 11; g89 10/8 31; w87 1/15 23; g86 12/8 29
parents for offspring: g03 5/8 30; g02 9/22 20-22
people dead for years found at home: w02 9/1 3; g01 2/22 29; g86 12/22 29
results: re 35; g98 5/8 14; g97 9/8 8
Law covenant: cl 136-137; w96 9/1 11
Deuteronomy highlights love: it-1 620-621
love for neighbor: it-2 219
“law of the Christ” (Ga 6:2): w19.05 4-7; w05 8/15 26-29
learning to love: w03 8/15 30; w99 10/15 8-11
how children learn: w03 7/1 4-5
like learning a new language: w99 2/15 18, 22-23
link with kindness: w04 4/15 14
listening with love: w05 11/15 10-12
“love feasts” (Jude 12): it-2 279-280; w97 9/1 16-17
“love kindness” (Mic 6:8): w12 11/1 22; w88 3/15 17-19
love letters as a business: g02 12/8 29
‘love righteousness, hate wickedness [lawlessness]’ (Ps 45:7; Heb 1:9): w11 2/15 24-32; w06 1/1 29; w05 1/1 9-10; w90 1/15 17; w90 10/15 29
“lovers of themselves” (2Ti 3:2): w18.01 23-24; w94 4/15 11-12
“love you had at first” (Re 2:4): w22.05 3; w08 6/15 22-26; w07 3/15 12; re 33-37; w03 5/15 11-12
meaning of term: cf 129-130; cl 234-236; it-2 273; w17.08 27; lv 7; w12 1/1 10; g 11/08 8; w01 1/1 8-9; si 29
relationship to loving-kindness: w03 8/15 22; w02 5/15 12
meeting attendance motivated by: w19.01 29-30
misguided love: w18.01 22-26; it-2 276; w09 12/15 24-25
need for love: g 3/06 3; w03 7/1 3; w01 10/15 12; g98 6/22 11; g86 9/22 3-7
babies: w08 5/1 8; g03 12/22 5-6; g98 10/8 29; g91 9/22 5-6, 9-11; g89 2/22 8-9; g88 8/22 30; g87 5/22 7, 10; g86 9/22 3-5
children: w08 5/1 8; w08 10/1 19; g 8/07 4; w05 6/15 22-23; g04 8/8 4-6; g04 10/22 8; g02 12/8 28; g00 12/8 6-9; g98 10/8 29; g97 8/8 3-4, 8; g94 11/22 22-23; w90 11/15 10; g87 5/22 10-11
ones suffering distress: w18.09 13
premature babies: g89 2/22 8-9
wives: w89 7/15 31
youths: g98 8/22 29; fy 70, 74
nerve network to sense tenderness: g03 7/22 29
“new commandment”:
John 13:34, 35: cf 176-177; cl 301; it-2 275-276; w13 1/15 10-11; w07 10/1 5-6; w06 3/1 5; w03 3/15 5-6; w02 2/1 15-16; w96 3/15 9; jv 711; w92 3/1 17-18; w90 2/1 21-22; w89 5/1 27-28; w89 12/15 16; tp 164-165
new world: g98 10/22 8-11
based on love: g98 6/22 10-11
‘not loving the world’ (1Jo 2:15-17): w13 8/15 24-27; w10 1/15 14-15; w06 1/15 24-25; w05 1/1 10; w02 3/1 14-15; w02 8/15 23-24; w91 10/1 21; w86 7/15 13; tp 119-120
“old commandment” (1Jo 2:7): w86 7/15 12
origin: w08 5/1 9
Paul’s description (1Co 13): cl 301-309; wp20.3 12; it-2 277-278; w14 6/15 20-21; g 3/06 8; w99 2/15 19-23; w93 10/15 18-22; w92 7/15 28-31
“bears all things” (1Co 13:7): cl 303-304
“believes all things” (1Co 13:7): cf 169-171; cl 304; w00 7/15 23
“does not brag” (1Co 13:4): cl 306
“endures all things” (1Co 13:7): cl 305; w09 12/15 27-28
“hopes all things” (1Co 13:7): cl 304-305; mwb22.05 5; it-1 1139; it-2 278; w93 10/15 22
“never fails” (1Co 13:8): cl 308-309; w09 12/15 27-28; w03 7/1 7; w93 10/15 20-21
“not become provoked” (1Co 13:5): cl 307; it-2 278; mwb18.10 4; w99 2/15 21; w93 10/15 20
“not behave indecently” (1Co 13:5): cl 306; w16.01 27; w99 2/15 20
“not get puffed up” (1Co 13:4): cl 306; mwb22.05 15
“not jealous” (1Co 13:4): cl 305-306; w95 9/15 12, 14-19; w93 10/15 19
‘not keep account of injury’ (1Co 13:5): cf 167-169; mwb18.10 8; w93 10/15 20
“not look for its own interests” (1Co 13:5): cf 163-165, 167; cl 306-307; w93 10/15 20
“not rejoice over unrighteousness” (1Co 13:6): cl 307-308; mwb22.05 5
patient (long-suffering) (1Co 13:4): cf 162-163; cl 302-303; w01 11/1 15-16
“rejoices with the truth” (1Co 13:6): cl 303; it-2 278; mwb18.10 8; g 11/08 8-9; w93 10/15 21-22
“surpassing way” (1Co 12:31): w09 12/15 26-27; w99 2/15 22-23
perfect love (Mt 5:44-48): w10 11/15 22
“perfect love” (1Jo 4:18): w04 10/1 29
proverbs about: g98 5/8 14
pursuing (1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 2:22): w08 6/15 14
rewarding: w90 11/15 15-20
romantic love: w09 7/15 13-14; g 3/06 3-7
advances from unbeliever: w12 11/15 7
avoiding attachments in the workplace: w12 8/15 27-28; w06 9/15 27
avoiding flirts and flirting: ijwyp article 63; yp1 192; w10 9/15 19; g 1/10 28; w06 11/15 6; w04 2/15 14-15; g02 7/22 15; g99 3/22 30; g98 7/8 20-22; g91 12/8 17-19
Bible examples: w15 1/15 29-31; w12 5/15 4; yp2 33; w90 11/15 11
breaking up: ijwyp article 66; g 7/15 10-11; g 8/14 2; yp1 221-227; g 1/09 18-20; g 2/09 18-20; yp2 35-38, 41; g93 5/8 22-24; yp 256-257; g88 7/22 12-14
broken heart: g 2/09 18-20; yp 248-249; g88 1/22 13-15; g88 2/8 18-20
charts “Is It Love or Infatuation?”: yp1 211; yp 245
effect of chocolate similar: g96 7/8 29
euphoric stage: g02 8/8 28
extramarital: w06 9/15 26-29
extramarital, without sex: g98 7/8 21-22
for mate: w00 7/15 30
for unbeliever: w17.03 25-26; yp2 34; g95 4/8 30; g94 5/22 18-20; g94 6/8 17-19
infatuation: yp1 205
“love beepers”: g99 1/8 28
love songs: g89 6/22 12-14; g89 11/22 30
not possible with just anyone: w15 1/15 31; w06 11/15 19; w87 11/15 24-25
novels: yp 284-288
recognizing true love: yp1 203-211; w99 2/15 5, 8; yp 242-251
unrequited love: g05 10/8 30; g04 12/22 18-20; g99 3/8 30; g98 6/22 12-14; w91 10/1 11-12; yp 219-224; g87 1/22 18-20
when not or no longer interested: g01 3/22 12-14; g01 11/22 30
whether justifies premarital sex: g 11/06 28-29
spiritual growth aided by: w00 8/15 28
strength: it-2 91
symbolized by “living creature” with man’s face (Re 4:6, 7; 6:5): re 80, 95
two greatest expressions: cl 231-234; w87 2/15 10-14
“walking in love” (Eph 5:2): w17.08 28
what not to love: it-2 279
widening out: lff lesson 56; mwb18.07 4; w09 11/15 20-22; w07 1/1 9-11; g 3/06 9; w04 10/1 16-17; km 5/04 4; wt 149-150; w95 12/1 16-17
“without hypocrisy” (Ro 12:9): w17.10 8-9; w07 7/1 23-24
“your love may abound” (Php 1:9): w19.08 8-13
Bible Examples
Abraham: w12 1/1 10-11
Corinthians’ relief contribution: w89 12/1 24-26
David and Jonathan: it-1 873; it-2 102; lv 28-31; w08 2/15 8-9; w07 9/15 19-20; w95 9/15 18; w89 1/1 24-26
Jacob and Rachel: yp1 206-208; w07 10/1 8, 11; yp 247
Jehovah: scl 65, 69; cl 229-309; lff lesson 7; wp19.1 9; it-2 275; w17.08 27; w17.10 7-8; w15 9/15 18-22; w15 11/15 16-20; w10 1/15 26; w10 4/1 6; rk 13-14; w09 12/1 4-5; w09 12/15 25; w08 5/1 8-9; w06 5/15 20; w03 7/1 14-19; wt 16-19; w98 12/1 32; w97 2/1 9-13; kl 27-28; w90 11/15 16; w90 12/1 10-11; w87 2/15 10-12; tp 164-165
accepting Jehovah’s love: w25.08 8-13
being convinced of Jehovah’s love: w25.08 10-11; wp18.3 5; w88 6/15 21-23
Bible an expression of love: w23.02 6-7; w15 8/15 10-12; w09 12/1 5; g 11/07 29
creation manifests love: mwb21.07 13; w15 8/15 10; w15 9/15 19; w15 11/15 17-18; w09 12/1 4-5; w08 5/1 8-9; w97 2/1 9-10; g95 11/8 8-9
desire for people to gain life: w10 1/1 29; jd 139-151
“God is love” (1Jo 4:8, 16): cl 14-15, 236-237; g21.1 14; wp19.1 9; it-2 275; w15 11/15 16; w03 7/1 14; w02 6/1 6; wt 16-17; w97 2/1 9-10; w87 2/15 10; w86 7/15 21-22; w86 9/15 27-29; g86 9/22 7
“God loved the world so much” (Joh 3:16): ijwbv article 8; w24.08 2-6; cl 232-235; w10 4/1 6; sh 244, 246-247; w87 2/15 10-12; tp 118-120
“God of love and of peace” (2Co 13:11): w08 9/1 5
goodness an aspect of Jehovah’s love: cl 270-271
greatest of attributes: w90 11/15 12-14
imitating Jehovah’s love: mwb24.01 9; w15 5/15 25-26; w12 5/15 26; w94 10/1 13-14
‘keeping oneself in’ Jehovah’s love (Jude 21): lvs 226-234; bhs 197-204; bh 184-193; lv 6; w09 8/15 18-22; w08 12/15 29; w06 11/15 21; w01 10/15 12-13; w98 6/1 18-19
Kingdom an expression of: w15 11/15 20
Law covenant built on: w19.02 21-22
love for his servants: w25.01 23; w20.02 2-3, 5-7; w18.09 13-14; w12 7/1 20-22; jd 50-53; w02 5/1 10; w01 9/1 17-18; ip-2 400-401; w95 4/1 10-15
love for his servants individually: w24.01 26-31; cl 240-249, 255-257; w21.04 20-25; w19.07 2-3; w17.06 29; w10 4/1 6; w04 2/15 19-20; w03 7/1 16-19
love for his sheep: w94 10/1 15-16
love for Jesus: w24.01 28; cl 232-233, 236; w13 4/1 5; w92 1/15 9-10; w87 2/15 11-12
love for mankind: w25.04 4; w24.08 2-6; ph 17-18; w07 5/15 25; yb07 3-4; w93 9/15 32; km 4/91 3
love in providing Jesus as ransom: w25.01 21-23; ijwbv article 18; w24.01 28; cl 247; w19.08 28; wp16.2 7; w15 8/15 12-13; w15 11/15 18-20; w14 8/15 17-18; w11 6/15 12-15; w05 8/1 29; w03 4/1 7; w03 7/1 14-16; wt 18-19; w01 4/1 19; w91 2/15 18-19; w90 3/15 5-6; rs 311
love not violated by Armageddon: w05 12/1 6-7; rs 48
love not violated by “day of Jehovah”: jd 32-35
love not violated by hatred for some things: w11 12/1 23-25
love seen in preaching work: w01 4/1 19; w94 8/15 12
meditating on Jehovah’s love: lff lesson 46; w15 8/15 9-13
not being separated from Jehovah’s love (Ro 8:38, 39): w08 8/1 9; w01 10/15 12-16; w86 6/1 10-14
prayer demonstrates Jehovah’s love: w15 8/15 12
predestination irreconcilable with love: w95 2/15 5-7
responding to Jehovah’s love: w25.01 29-31; cl 310-319; lvs 5-6, 8-12; w15 8/15 13; w15 9/15 23-27; bhs 197-199; bh 185-187; lv 5-13; w09 12/15 25-26; w90 12/1 10-20
response of Jehovah to love for Him: w00 10/15 6
resurrection demonstrates love: cl 242; w20.08 17; w15 8/1 7; w11 3/1 22; ct 160-161; w96 3/1 6
whom Jehovah loves: lv 26-27; w02 2/1 14-18
Jeremiah: it-2 31; w11 3/15 29-30
Jesus Christ: ijwbq article 134; cf 128-181; scl 68; cl 290-299; w19.05 4-7; it-2 71-72, 275-276; w17.08 27-28; w09 9/15 16-20; w05 9/15 5-6; w02 2/1 14-15; w99 7/1 5-6; w92 2/15 12-14; w90 11/15 17; sh 242, 244
absence of prejudice: g 8/09 7-8
example for Christians: cf 136-138, 148-149, 158-160, 163, 165, 167-171, 176-181; w22.03 10; w19.01 29; w97 11/1 8-9; w86 12/1 20
love as a teacher: w09 7/15 15-19
love “compels us” (2Co 5:14): w16.01 13-14; w10 5/15 26-27; w10 6/1 9; w05 3/15 14; w98 12/15 16; g96 10/8 27; w95 6/15 14-15
“loved righteousness” (Ps 45:7; Heb 1:9): cf 58-60; w92 7/15 10
love for Christians: cf 161-171; w08 10/15 9-10; re 71-72
love for divine truths: cf 80-81; w02 8/15 10-12
love for individuals: w19.07 30-31
love for Jehovah: cf 129-138, 175-176; lff lesson 17; it-2 275; w13 4/1 4
love for mankind: w92 1/15 10-11; w87 2/15 12-14; w86 4/15 31
love for people: w25.01 23-24; cf 81, 144-147; lff lesson 17; mwb18.01 6; w15 5/15 25; w15 6/15 8-12; w13 4/1 5; w09 1/15 6-7; w09 7/15 18; w08 2/15 15-16; w07 11/15 22; w02 8/15 12-14
love for sheep: w94 10/1 16-17
love in becoming ransom: cf 176; cl 231; w99 2/15 17-18; w95 6/15 14-15; kl 69; w90 3/15 6
Memorial reminds Christians of: w19.01 24-25
“remain in my love” (Joh 15:9): w18.05 18-19; w03 3/15 6-7
responding to Jesus’ love: w94 6/1 15-16; w92 2/15 13-18
seen in miracles: w23.04 3
Moses: w13 2/1 6
Paul: w23.07 9; w08 5/15 22-24; w90 11/15 17; w88 10/1 13, 19-20
love for jailer in Philippi: w11 4/15 19
love in letter to Philemon: w92 4/15 23-25; si 242
Shulammite maiden and shepherd: it-2 994-996; w15 1/15 29-31; w12 5/15 4; w06 11/15 17-20; si 115-117
woman who washed Jesus’ feet with tears: it-1 1178; w99 10/15 12
Quotations
center of all human needs as our sun stands at center of solar system: g98 6/22 11; w90 11/15 10
most important of all human basic psychological needs: w90 11/15 10
take it with love, and you can take it: w99 12/15 28