Bible Verses About Love
For verses on God’s love as the ground of faith, see Faith and Trust. For love in a household, see Marriage and Family. For loyal affection between friends, see Friendship. Text: World English Bible (public domain).
The Bible presents love as both God’s character and a command for people. John 3:16 says God loved the world and gave his only born Son; 1 Corinthians 13 describes love as patient, kind, and greater than faith and hope; and Jesus tells his followers to love one another in John 13:34–35.
Verses
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 Corinthians 13:4–7. 4 Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, 5 doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 6 doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:13. But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.
1 John 4:7–8. 7 Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:16. 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 4:18–19. 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. 19 We love him, because he first loved us.
Romans 5:8. But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 8:38–39. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 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.
John 13:34–35. 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
John 15:13. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
1 Peter 4:8. And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
Matthew 22:37–39. 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
Ephesians 4:2. with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
Colossians 3:14. Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
1 Corinthians 16:14. Let all that you do be done in love.
Romans 13:8. Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Proverbs 10:12. Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.
Song of Solomon 8:7. 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.