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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. 2 John 1:3

    “Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.”

  2. 2 John 1:5

    “Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.”

  3. 3 John 1:1

    “The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.”

  4. 3 John 1:2

    “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.”

  5. 3 John 1:5

    “Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.”

  6. 3 John 1:6

    “They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a way worthy of God,”

  7. 3 John 1:9

    “I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.”

  8. 3 John 1:11

    “Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.”

  9. Jude 1:2

    “Mercy to you and peace and love be multiplied.”

  10. Jude 1:3

    “Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.”

  11. Jude 1:12

    “These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;”

  12. Jude 1:17

    “But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

  13. Jude 1:20

    “But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.”

  14. Jude 1:21

    “Keep yourselves in God’s love, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.”

  15. Revelation 1:5

    “and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;”

  16. Revelation 2:4

    “But I have this against you, that you left your first love.”

  17. Revelation 2:19

    ““I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.”

  18. Revelation 3:9

    “Behold, I give some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.”

  19. Revelation 3:19

    “As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.”

  20. Revelation 12:11

    “They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.”

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.