Love is the Bible's through-line: the reason given for the incarnation (John 3:16), the summary of the law (Matthew 22:39), and the test of whether faith is real (1 Corinthians 13). The verses in this set cover both directions of it — the love God has for you, which is settled and unconditional, and the love you are asked to practice, which is daily and costly.
Notice how concrete these verses are. Biblical love is rarely a feeling; it is patience with a difficult person, kindness when it is not returned, a meal cooked, a debt forgiven. When a verse about love lands on a hard day, the invitation is usually not to feel more, but to do one small loving thing.
If you only read one cluster here, read 1 John 4 in context: the claim that “God is love” is not a slogan but an argument — we can love because we were loved first.