1) Fill in the blanks:
Do to ____ as you would have them do to you. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' do that. (NIV)
family members
friends
Christians
others
2) Love is patient, love is ____. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. (NIV)
fulfilling
kind
from the heart
sincere
3) We love because He first loved us. Those who say, "I love God," and hate their brothers or sisters, are ____; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. The commandment we have from Him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also. (NRSV)
foolish
hypocrites
liars
only deceiving themselves
4) If anyone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need and refuses to help - how can ____ be in that person? Dear children, let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions. (NLT)
God's love
Jesus
the spirit of truth
true love
