What Does the Bible Say About Love? 50+ Beautiful Verses

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

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs."

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God."

"Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins."

"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."

"And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."

"This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him."

"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends."

"Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."

"And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love."

"Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."

"No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us."

"And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them."

"We love because he first loved us."

"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

"Neither 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."

"And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ."

"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."

"Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good."

"Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law."

"The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love."

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness."

"Serve one another humbly in love."

"Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony."

"May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you."

"Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other."

"This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins."

"Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."

"Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."

"If anyone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen."

"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love."

"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you."

"Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."

"But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."

"Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins."

"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!"

"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters."

"Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth."

"And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister."

"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant."

"Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love."

"Let all that you do be done in love."

"Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs."

"Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away."

"Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death."

"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail."

"The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing."

"But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions."