Bible Verses About Love
Scriptures on the love of God and loving others.
The very nature of our Creator is defined by a deep and sacrificial affection for His people. From the foundation of the world to the ultimate sacrifice at the cross, every act of divine love points to a God who reached down to save us. By dwelling in His love, we are empowered to extend that same compassion to those around us. As you read these verses, invite the Holy Spirit to root your identity in His grace and mercy.
Key Passages
"And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins."
"And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you."
"Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God."
"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;"
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"Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,"
"¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
"He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."
"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,"
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
"We love him, because he first loved us."
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
"That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,"
"Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God."
"Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned."
"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity."
"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another."
"And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him."
"Let all your things be done with charity."
"If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."
"For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
"And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness."
"Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins."
"Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another."
"He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends."
"Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."
"Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:"
"But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil."
"And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity."
"By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,"
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