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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

From the wider Bible

More verses about love in Scripture

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

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  1. 1 Peter 1:8

    “whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory —”

  2. 1 Peter 1:22

    “Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:”

  3. 1 Peter 2:11

    “Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;”

  4. 1 Peter 2:17

    “Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.”

  5. 1 Peter 3:8

    “Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,”

  6. 1 Peter 3:10

    “For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.”

  7. 1 Peter 4:12

    “Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.”

  8. 1 Peter 5:14

    “Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.”

  9. 2 Peter 1:7

    “and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.”

  10. 2 Peter 1:17

    “For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.””

  11. 2 Peter 2:15

    “forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;”

  12. 2 Peter 3:1

    “This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;”

  13. 2 Peter 3:8

    “But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”

  14. 2 Peter 3:14

    “Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.”

  15. 2 Peter 3:15

    “Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;”

  16. 2 Peter 3:17

    “You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.”

  17. 1 John 2:5

    “But whoever keeps his word, God’s love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:”

  18. 1 John 2:10

    “He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.”

  19. 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.”

  20. 1 John 3:1

    “See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.”

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.