verses on God's love and loving one another — 39 passages from our curated pool.
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| Your question | Start here | Setting and longer reading |
|---|---|---|
| I want to read about God's love | 1 John 4:19 | God's love comes first; the passage also calls readers to love one another.Read 1 John 4:7–21 (KJV) |
| I want a passage about loving others | John 13:34 | Jesus tells his disciples to love one another as he has loved them.Read John 13:31–35 (KJV) |
| I want to think about love in action | 1 John 3:18 | The preceding verse asks about seeing a brother in need and withholding help.Read 1 John 3:16–18 (KJV) |
| I need a short line for a card | 1 Corinthians 16:14 | A short instruction to act with love, beside an appeal to stand firm in faith.Read 1 Corinthians 16:13–14 (KJV) |
| I am choosing a wedding reading | 1 Corinthians 13:4 | Read the description through verse 7. Its setting is a church discussion of gifts and love, not only marriage.Read 1 Corinthians 12:27–13:13 (KJV) |
A line about commitment can fit a card without originally being a wedding vow. Here is a context check using Ruth 1:16.
In Ruth 1:8–18, Naomi urges her daughters-in-law to return home. Ruth decides to stay with her. Verse 16 is part of that exchange.
Read Ruth 1:8–18 (KJV, Bible Gateway)Ruth is speaking to Naomi, her mother-in-law. If you choose the line for a wedding, distinguish that use from the people and situation in the passage.
Compare the translations on the verse page. Keep the book, chapter, verse and translation with your quotation. If you shorten or paraphrase it, make that clear to the reader.
Compare Ruth 1:16 in three translationsKeep the subject of the passage in view. A statement about God's love does not predict another person's feelings or what will happen in a relationship.
The description in 1 Corinthians 13:4 continues through verse 7. Verse 6 places love alongside truth, so the passage is not a call to approve everything.
Romans 8:38–39 speaks about God's love in Christ amid trouble. It does not guarantee that another person will return your affection or that difficulties will disappear.
Read Romans 8:31–39 (KJV, Bible Gateway)John 13:34–35 addresses the disciples' love for one another. 1 John 3:18 follows a question about helping a brother in need. Neither passage is limited to couples.
The list below is a selection from this site's maintained verse pool, not every Bible passage about love.
“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.”John 3:16
“For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”John 3:17
“The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.”Zephaniah 3:17
“And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”Matthew 22:39
“And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.”Luke 6:31
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”John 13:34
“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.”John 15:12
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”John 15:13
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”Romans 5:8
“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,”Romans 8:38
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”1 Corinthians 13:4
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”1 Corinthians 13:13
“Let all your things be done with charity.”1 Corinthians 16:14
“And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”Colossians 3:14
“And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”1 Peter 4:8
“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.”1 John 3:1
“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”1 John 4:8
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.”1 John 4:18
“We love him, because he first loved us.”1 John 4:19
“O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.”1 Chronicles 16:34
“And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”Deuteronomy 6:5
“And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:”Ruth 1:16
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”Psalms 133:1
“And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”Ecclesiastes 4:12
“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.”Song of Solomon 8:7
“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”Isaiah 53:5
“The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.”Jeremiah 31:3
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”Matthew 18:20
“By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”John 13:35
“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.”Romans 8:37
“Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”Romans 8:39
“Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.”1 Corinthians 13:8
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”2 Corinthians 5:21
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.”2 Corinthians 13:14
“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”Galatians 6:2
“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,”Philippians 1:3
“My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.”1 John 3:18
“Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.”1 John 4:11
“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.”1 John 4:16
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