As Christians, we should clothe ourselves with divine love. The essence of all the laws given by God is love. Love is the foundation of our faith, so each of us should be clothed with love. When we put on love, wherever we go and with whom we associate, they feel our love.
Just as we wake up every day and put on clothes, we need to put on love. This means that when we talk to a person, we should have compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. With these qualities, we will bind ourselves in a relationship of love with others.
Through the life of Jesus Christ, we find the greatness of true love. He loved us so much that he accepted death. During his earthly life, he healed the sick, consoled the brokenhearted. He promised that he loves us and will be with us until the end of the age.
As God loves us, we should love others in the same way. Love is the greatest way we can claim to be children of God. No matter how good we do, if we do not have love in our hearts, all is in vain.
Let us clothe ourselves with love and show God’s love to the world by the way we live our lives. Dear friends, now let us look at the following Bible verses that talk about clothing ourselves with love.
Colossians 3:12 :—
“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering”
Colossians 3:14 :—
“Above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness”
Ephesians 4:2 :—
“With all lowliness meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love”
Ephesians 5:2 :—
“Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, hath given himself for us an offering a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour”
Ephesians 6:11 :—
“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil”
Romans 12:10 :—
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another”
Romans 13:10 :—
“Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law”
Romans 13:12 :—
“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, let us put on the armour of light”
John 13:34 :—
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another”
John 15:12 :—
“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you”
John 19:23 :—
“Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, made four parts, to every soldier a part; also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout”
Galatians 3:27 :—
“For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ”
Galatians 5:14 :—
“For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself”
Galatians 6:2 :—
“Bear ye one another’s burdens, so fulfil the law of Christ”
Philippians 2:2 :—
“Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind”
Titus 2:12 :—
“Teaching us that, denying ungodliness worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, godly, in this present world”
Isaiah 52:1 :—
“Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised the unclean”
Isaiah 61:10 :—
“I will greatly rejoice in the Lord , my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels”
Job 29:14 :—
“I put on righteousness, it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe a diadem”
Revelation 3:5 :—
“He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, before his angels”
Matthew 22:11 :—
“When the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment”
Matthew 6:28 :—
“Why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin”
Zechariah 3:4 :—
“He answered spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, I will clothe thee with change of raiment”
Genesis 3:21 :—
“Unto Adam also to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, clothed them”
Psalm 132:9 :—
“Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; let thy saints shout for joy”
Jude 1:23 :—
“Others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh”
Exodus 28:2 :—
“Thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory for beauty”
Luke 12:28 :—
“If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?”