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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 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.”

  2. 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.”

  3. 1 John 3:11

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

  4. 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.”

  5. 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?”

  6. 1 John 3:21

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

  7. 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.”

  8. 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.”

  9. 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.”

  10. 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.”

  11. 1 John 4:11

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

  12. 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.”

  13. 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.”

  14. 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.”

  15. 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?”

  16. 1 John 4:21

    “This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.”

  17. 1 John 5:1

    “Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.”

  18. 1 John 5:2

    “By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.”

  19. 1 John 5:3

    “For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.”

  20. 2 John 1:1

    “The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth;”

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.