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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. Romans 16:5

    “Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.”

  2. Romans 16:8

    “Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord.”

  3. Romans 16:9

    “Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved.”

  4. Romans 16:12

    “Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.”

  5. 1 Corinthians 2:9

    “But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.””

  6. 1 Corinthians 4:14

    “I don’t write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.”

  7. 1 Corinthians 4:17

    “Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.”

  8. 1 Corinthians 4:21

    “What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?”

  9. 1 Corinthians 8:1

    “Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.”

  10. 1 Corinthians 8:3

    “But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.”

  11. 1 Corinthians 10:14

    “Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.”

  12. 1 Corinthians 13:1

    “If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.”

  13. 1 Corinthians 13:2

    “If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.”

  14. 1 Corinthians 13:3

    “If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.”

  15. 1 Corinthians 13:8

    “Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.”

  16. 1 Corinthians 14:1

    “Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.”

  17. 1 Corinthians 15:58

    “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”

  18. 1 Corinthians 16:22

    “If any man doesn’t love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Come, Lord!”

  19. 1 Corinthians 16:24

    “My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.”

  20. 2 Corinthians 2:4

    “For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.”

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.