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Bible Verses About God's Love

Verses on God's love for us — unconditional, eternal, costly love.

28 verses · curated by hand

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  1. 1 John 2:15

    “Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.”

  2. 1 John 3:2

    “Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.”

  3. 1 John 3:10

    “In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.”

  4. 1 John 3:11

    “For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;”

  5. 1 John 3:14

    “We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.”

  6. 1 John 3:16

    “By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.”

  7. 1 John 3:17

    “But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?”

  8. 1 John 3:18

    “My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.”

  9. 1 John 3:21

    “Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;”

  10. 1 John 3:23

    “This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.”

  11. 1 John 4:1

    “Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”

  12. 1 John 4:7

    “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.”

  13. 1 John 4:9

    “By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.”

  14. 1 John 4:10

    “In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.”

  15. 1 John 4:11

    “Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.”

  16. 1 John 4:12

    “No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.”

  17. 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.”

  18. 1 John 4:17

    “In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.”

  19. 1 John 4:18

    “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.”

  20. 1 John 4:20

    “If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?”

Frequently asked

Questions about god's love in the Bible

How does God show his love?
Romans 5:8 — "God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." 1 John 4:9-10 names the cross as the central proof of God's love.
Is God's love unconditional?
Yes — Romans 5:8 explicitly says God loves while we are still sinners, before any change in us. The conditional language in Scripture is about experiencing fellowship, not about the love itself being earned.
Which Bible verse best shows God's love?
John 3:16, Romans 5:8, 1 John 4:8, and 1 John 4:19 are the four most-cited verses on God's love. All four are curated on this page with original commentary.