Bible verses about love · 12 passages
Love appears in Scripture as God’s character, Christ’s gift, and the shape of life together. These passages gather the common references people look for on the topic.
1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but…
1 Corinthians 16:14
Do everything in love.
1 John 4:19
We love because He first loved us.
1 John 4:8
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Colossians 3:14
And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
Galatians 5:13-14
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. The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
John 13:34-35
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John 3:16
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.
Romans 12:9-10
Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.