1. Love sincerely (9-16)

One of the gifts we all have is love. We must love each other with sincerity. Sincere love hates evil. It looks to only what is good. It honors others over ourselves. Our sincere love for Jesus helps us to serve him with zeal. We live in the hope of God and we pray fervently, which helps us through times of affliction. Jesus practiced sincere love by blessing even his enemies. We can show this same kind of love rejoicing with those who rejoice, and mourning with those who mourn. By doing these things we can live in harmony with everyone.

2. Loving in a hostile world (17-21)

We will sometimes be treated badly by others. We should not treat them badly in return. Rather, we should live at peace with everyone. We want to take revenge on those who hurt us. But we shouldn't. We should not take revenge on those who hurt us, but leave the judgment to God. Rather we should bless and feed our enemies as Jesus did. When we do, they may come to see the reason we live this way and repent.