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Bible Verses About Love

God's love, our love for Him, and love for one another.

45 verses · curated by hand

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More verses about love in Scripture

562 passages mentioning “love” across WEB & KJV — beyond the curated set above.

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  1. John 13:23

    “One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table, leaning against Jesus’ breast.”

  2. John 14:15

    “If you love me, keep my commandments.”

  3. John 14:21

    “One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.””

  4. John 14:23

    “Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.”

  5. John 14:24

    “He who doesn’t love me doesn’t keep my words. The word which you hear isn’t mine, but the Father’s who sent me.”

  6. John 14:28

    “You heard how I told you, ‘I go away, and I come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’ for the Father is greater than I.”

  7. John 14:31

    “But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.”

  8. John 15:9

    “Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.”

  9. John 15:10

    “If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love.”

  10. John 15:12

    ““This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.”

  11. John 15:17

    ““I command these things to you, that you may love one another.”

  12. John 15:19

    “If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.”

  13. John 16:27

    “for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.”

  14. John 17:23

    “I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me.”

  15. John 17:24

    “Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.”

  16. John 17:26

    “I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.””

  17. John 19:26

    “Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!””

  18. John 20:2

    “Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!””

  19. John 21:7

    “That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around him (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea.”

  20. John 21:15

    “So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.””

Frequently asked

Questions about love in the Bible

What does the Bible say about love?
The Bible defines love (Greek: agape) as a sustained way of acting toward others — patient, kind, not envious or proud (1 Corinthians 13:4). Its source is God himself: "God is love" (1 John 4:8). Believers are called to love because they were first loved (1 John 4:19).
What is the most famous Bible verse about love?
John 3:16 — "For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son…" — is the most widely quoted Bible verse on love, summarising the whole arc of the gospel in a single sentence.
Where in the Bible does it describe true love?
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 is the New Testament's clearest description of love's working parts: patient, kind, not envious, not proud, not easily angered, keeping no record of wrongs.