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Bible Verses About Love

Explore the depth and beauty of God's love through Scripture.

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”

β€” 1 Corinthians 13:4 (BSB)

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“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”

β€” 1 Corinthians 13:4 (BSB)

“It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”

β€” 1 Corinthians 13:7 (BSB)

“It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.”

β€” 1 Corinthians 13:5 (BSB)

“Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.”

β€” 1 Corinthians 13:6 (BSB)

“Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.”

β€” 1 Corinthians 13:8 (BSB)

“Do everything in love.”

β€” 1 Corinthians 16:14 (BSB)

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

β€” John 3:16 (BSB)

“If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.”

β€” Leviticus 20:13 (BSB)

“For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.”

β€” Galatians 5:13 (BSB)

“The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: β€œLove your neighbor as yourself.””

β€” Galatians 5:14 (BSB)

“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

β€” 1 John 4:8 (BSB)

“Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”

β€” 1 Peter 4:8 (BSB)

“And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.”

β€” Colossians 3:14 (BSB)

“And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.”

β€” 1 Corinthians 13:13 (BSB)

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

β€” John 15:13 (BSB)

“A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.”

β€” John 13:34 (BSB)

“By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.””

β€” John 13:35 (BSB)

“We love because He first loved us.”

β€” 1 John 4:19 (BSB)

“Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.”

β€” Proverbs 10:12 (BSB)

“There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.”

β€” 1 John 4:18 (BSB)

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’”

β€” Mark 12:30 (BSB)

“The second is this: β€˜Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.””

β€” Mark 12:31 (BSB)

“Jesus replied, β€œThis is the most important: β€˜Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.”

β€” Mark 12:29 (BSB)

“Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”

β€” 1 John 4:7 (BSB)

“But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

β€” Romans 5:8 (BSB)

“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.”

β€” 1 Corinthians 13:2 (BSB)

“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.”

β€” 1 Corinthians 13:1 (BSB)

“If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.”

β€” 1 Corinthians 13:3 (BSB)

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her”

β€” Ephesians 5:25 (BSB)

“with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,”

β€” Ephesians 4:2 (BSB)

“Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.”

β€” 1 John 3:1 (BSB)

“And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.”

β€” 1 John 4:16 (BSB)

“Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.”

β€” Romans 12:9 (BSB)

“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.”

β€” Romans 12:10 (BSB)

“Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”

β€” Romans 13:10 (BSB)

“Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.”

β€” 1 John 3:18 (BSB)

“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,”

β€” Romans 8:38 (BSB)

“neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

β€” Romans 8:39 (BSB)

“This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”

β€” John 15:12 (BSB)

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,”

β€” Galatians 5:22 (BSB)

“But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.”

β€” Psalms 86:15 (BSB)

“The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: β€œI have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.”

β€” Jeremiah 31:3 (BSB)

“so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,”

β€” Ephesians 3:17 (BSB)

“will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth”

β€” Ephesians 3:18 (BSB)

“of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”

β€” Ephesians 3:19 (BSB)

“As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.”

β€” John 15:9 (BSB)

“How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!”

β€” Psalms 36:7 (BSB)

“Give thanks to the God of heaven! His loving devotion endures forever.”

β€” Psalms 136:26 (BSB)

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the greatest Bible verse about love?

John 3:16 is often considered the greatest verse about love: 'For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.' 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 also provides the most detailed description of love in the Bible.

What does the Bible say about God's love?

The Bible teaches that God IS love (1 John 4:8). His love is unconditional (Romans 5:8), everlasting (Jeremiah 31:3), and sacrificial (John 15:13). Nothing can separate us from God's love (Romans 8:38-39).

How can I show love according to the Bible?

The Bible teaches that love is patient and kind (1 Corinthians 13:4), that we should love our neighbors as ourselves (Mark 12:31), and that love is demonstrated through action, not just words (1 John 3:18).