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Bible Verses About Love

What does the Bible say about love? These scriptures and quotes about love — God's love for us, and the love we're called to show one another — are among the most treasured verses in all of Scripture.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 →

4Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, 5doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 6doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.

John 3:16 →

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.

1 John 4:7-8 →

7Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

Romans 8:38-39 →

38For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor 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.

1 John 4:19 →

We love him, because he first loved us.

John 15:13 →

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

Romans 5:8 →

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

1 Peter 4:8 →

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

Colossians 3:14 →

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

1 John 4:18 →

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.

Mark 12:30-31 →

30You 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. 31The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Ephesians 4:2 →

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

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