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Bible Verses About Love

Love runs through the Bible from beginning to end. The first letter of John says it plainly: God is love. These Bible verses about love show what that means, and it is far deeper than a feeling. In Scripture, love keeps its promises. It gave a Son for the world, it forgives the unworthy, and it lays down its life for friends. Jesus named the two greatest commandments as loving God and loving your neighbor, and he told his followers that the world would recognize them by their love for one another. Here you will find the famous love chapter from 1 Corinthians, the promises of God’s everlasting love, and practical words for marriage, friendship and family. Many of these passages are read at weddings, shared on anniversaries and whispered at bedsides. Let them remind you how deeply you are loved, then pass that love along to someone who needs it.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

John 3:16 WEB

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.

John 13:34 WEB

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

John 13:35 WEB

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

John 15:12 WEB

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:13 WEB

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8 WEB

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

Romans 8:38 WEB

nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God’s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:39 WEB

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

Romans 12:9 WEB

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor prefer one another,

Romans 12:10 WEB

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:8 WEB

Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

Romans 13:10 WEB

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:1 WEB

Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

1 Corinthians 13:4 WEB

doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

1 Corinthians 13:5 WEB

doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

1 Corinthians 13:6 WEB

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.

1 Corinthians 13:7 WEB

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

1 Corinthians 13:8 WEB

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:13 WEB

Let all that you do be done in love.

1 Corinthians 16:14 WEB

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

Galatians 5:13 WEB

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Galatians 5:14 WEB

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Galatians 5:22 WEB

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Ephesians 4:2 WEB

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 4:32 WEB

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Ephesians 5:2 WEB

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,

Ephesians 5:25 WEB

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

Colossians 3:14 WEB

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:8 WEB

See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

1 John 3:1 WEB

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

1 John 3:16 WEB

My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

1 John 3:18 WEB

Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

1 John 4:7 WEB

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

1 John 4:8 WEB

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

1 John 4:10 WEB

Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

1 John 4:11 WEB

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

1 John 4:16 WEB

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

1 John 4:18 WEB

We love him, because he first loved us.

1 John 4:19 WEB

You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

Deuteronomy 6:5 WEB

“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:18 WEB

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Proverbs 10:12 WEB

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 17:17 WEB

Many waters can’t quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned.

Song of Solomon 8:7 WEB

But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

Psalm 86:15 WEB

Oh give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loving kindness endures forever.

Psalm 136:26 WEB

The LORD appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness.

Jeremiah 31:3 WEB

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Matthew 22:37 WEB

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Matthew 22:39 WEB

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.

Mark 12:30 WEB

The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Mark 12:31 WEB

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bible say about love?

It teaches that love comes from God, because God is love (1 John 4:8). True love is shown in action, patience and sacrifice. 1 Corinthians 13 describes it in detail, and Jesus made love for God and neighbor the greatest commandments.

What is the greatest Bible verse about love?

John 3:16 is the best known, showing God’s love for the whole world. Others often choose 1 Corinthians 13:13 or John 15:13, where Jesus says no one has greater love than to lay down life for friends.

What Bible verses about love are good for a wedding?

1 Corinthians 13:4–8, Colossians 3:14, Ephesians 4:2, Song of Solomon 8:7 and 1 John 4:19 are all popular choices for readings, vows and cards.

What does 1 Corinthians 13 mean by charity?

The King James Version uses “charity” for the Greek word agape, which means selfless, self-giving love. Modern translations, including the World English Bible, render it simply as “love.”

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