1 Corinthians 13 and Ruth 1:16-18 are often used in weddings even though their context is not that of romantic love. I have not performed any marriage ceremonies, but my husband Jeff has done a few. One of his favorites was when the couple chose verses from 1 John to use in their wedding. Reading 1 John 4 early on the morning of Valentine's Day I was reminded again of how beautifully it describes love:
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. Whether you are married or single, widowed or divorced, whether you received chocolates & roses for Valentine's Day, a silly meme like I did, or nothing at all, know that you are loved by God and called to love others not just on Feb. 14, but always.
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