Bible verses · Berean Standard Bible
Bible Verses About Love
Read verses on the character of love, Jesus' command, and God's initiative in loving us.
Each selection is one verse. Open the full chapter to read who is speaking and what surrounds it.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
In context: Paul describes love amid his correction of a divided community's use of spiritual gifts.
Read the full chapter →John 13:34
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
In context: Jesus gives this command during his final meal with the disciples.
Read the full chapter →1 John 4:19
We love because He first loved us.
In context: John roots the believers' love in God's prior love.
Read the full chapter →Romans 12:9
Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
In context: Paul begins a series of concrete practices for sincere love.
Read the full chapter →Deuteronomy 6:5
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
In context: Moses gives Israel the great command to love the Lord with all their heart, soul, and strength.
Read the full chapter →Matthew 22:39
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
In context: Jesus names love of neighbor as the second great commandment, alongside love for God.
Read the full chapter →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.
In context: Following Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus, this verse shows God's love in the gift of his Son.
Read the full chapter →John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
In context: On the night before his death, Jesus describes the greatest love as laying down one's life for friends.
Read the full chapter →Romans 5:8
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
In context: Paul says God showed his love through Christ's death for people who were still sinners.
Read the full chapter →1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
In context: Paul ends his description of love by placing it above even faith and hope.
Read the full chapter →1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
In context: Peter urges deep love among believers because love covers a multitude of sins.
Read the full chapter →1 John 4:8
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
In context: John's letter makes love the evidence of knowing God, because God is love.
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