15 Bible verses about love
Quick Explanation for Biblical Love
In the Bible, there are different words that are interpreted as love. For example, there is Agape, which represents the type of love that God has for us; a love that never fails. Jesus loved us so much he was willing to die for us. Agape represents that kind of love. Another word for love is Phileo. This love represents a friendship type of love. People that have a phileo relationship, may be good friends or acquaintances, but maybe not enough to give their life for the other. To get better definitions of each of these words, take a look at the Blue Letter Bible resources.
A Few Starter Bible Verses About Love
- “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, (Matthew 5:44, NASB)
- And He said to him, “ ‘You shall Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ (Matthew 22:37,NASB)
- “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. (Luke 6:32, NASB)
- “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:35, NASB)
- “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. (John 14:15, NASB)
- “He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.” (John 14:21, NASB)
- “Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. (John 15:9, NASB)
- But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8, NASB)
- Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. (Romans 12:9, NASB)
- Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. (Romans 13:10, NASB)
- If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. (1 Corinthians 13:1, NASB)
- Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, (1 Corinthians 13:4, NASB)
- Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. (1 Corinthians 13:8, NASB)
- But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13, NASB)
- We love, because He first loved us. (1 John 4:19, NASB)
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