1 Thessalonians 4:10 commends their love but urges them to increase it — this prayer for love to overflow matches that exhortation.

1 Thessalonians 4:9 says they are taught by God to love — this prayer asks for that love to increase.

1 Thessalonians 2:8 provides Paul's own example of loving by sharing not only the gospel but his life.

1 Thessalonians 5:15 commands doing good to all — the practical outworking of the love Paul prays for.

1 John 4:7-16 teaches that God is love and we love because He first loved us, grounding love in God's nature.

Matthew 22:39 commands loving your neighbor as yourself — the central law of love Paul prays to increase.

1 John 3:11-19 commands love in deed and truth, and connects love to passing from death to life.

2 Peter 1:7 places love as the final virtue in a chain, showing love as the culmination of godly character.

James 1:17 affirms every good gift comes from God — the love Paul prays for is a gift from the Lord.

2 Thessalonians 1:3 reports that their love is increasing — exactly what Paul prayed for here.

Philippians 1:9 is Paul's exact same prayer: that love may abound more and more.

Galatians 5:22 lists love as the first fruit of the Spirit, indicating love comes from the Spirit's work.

Galatians 5:14 declares that love for neighbor fulfills the entire law, showing love as the law's summary.

Galatians 5:13 commands serving one another humbly in love, connecting love to practical service.

Galatians 5:6 reveals that faith expresses itself through love, linking love directly to active faith.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 defines love's attributes and supremacy, showing love as the greatest gift and essence of Christian life.

1 Corinthians 16:14 commands all actions to be done in love — a direct complement to Paul's prayer for increased love.

Hebrews 10:25 calls for encouraging one another — a practical outworking of the love Paul prays for here.

In John 15:12, Jesus repeats the command to love one another as He loved, reinforcing the basis of Paul's prayer.

In John 13:34, Jesus commands the same mutual love that Paul prays for — love patterned after Christ's own love.

1 Peter 1:22 similarly exhorts believers to love one another fervently, reflecting the same call to abound in love.

Romans 13:10 declares love fulfills the law — grounding the call to love all in God's command.

1 Peter 4:8 emphasizes fervent love covering sins, paralleling the prayer for love to abound.