Readable English Bible

Bible Verses About Love

What the Bible says about God's love for us and how we can love one another.

  1. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

    4Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not envy. It does not brag. It is not proud. 5It is not rude. It does not look out only for itself. It does not get angry easily. It does not keep track of wrongs. 6Love is not happy about evil. But it is glad about the truth. 7It puts up with all things. It believes all things. It hopes all things. It lasts through all things.

  2. John 3:16

    For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that everyone who believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

  3. 1 John 4:7-8

    7Dear friends, let's love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

  4. Romans 8:38-39

    38For I am sure that neither death nor life, neither angels nor rulers, neither things now nor things to come, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  5. John 15:13

    No one has greater love than this: to give up his life for his friends.

  6. 1 John 4:19

    We love because he first loved us.

  7. Romans 5:8

    But God shows his love for us in this way. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

  8. 1 Peter 4:8

    Most of all, love each other deeply, because love covers a huge number of sins.

  9. John 13:34-35

    34I give you a new command: Love one another. You must love one another just as I have loved you. 35If you love one another, everyone will know that you are my disciples."

  10. Colossians 3:14

    And over all these good things, put on love. Love ties everything together in perfect unity.

  11. 1 Corinthians 16:14

    Do everything in love.

  12. Zephaniah 3:17

    The LORD your God is with you. He is a mighty one who saves. He will be glad over you with joy. He will quiet you with his love. He will celebrate over you with singing."

All verses from the Readable English Bible (READ), a free, open-source Bible in clear, simple English.

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