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Bible verses about
love

Love is the heartbeat of Scripture — God’s love poured out toward us, and the love we are called to return to him and to one another. The Bible never treats love as mere feeling; it is patient, sacrificial, and proven in action. These King James verses gather the Bible’s clearest words on what love is, where it comes from, and how it endures.

17 verses about love (KJV)

  1. John 3:16

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

  2. 1 Corinthians 13:4

    Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

  3. 1 Corinthians 13:5

    Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

  4. 1 Corinthians 13:13

    And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

  5. 1 John 4:8

    He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

  6. 1 John 4:18

    There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

  7. 1 John 4:19

    We love him, because he first loved us.

  8. Romans 5:8

    But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

  9. Romans 8:38

    For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

  10. Romans 8:39

    Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  11. John 15:13

    Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

  12. John 13:34

    A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

  13. Proverbs 10:12

    Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

  14. Song of Solomon 8:7

    Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

  15. Ephesians 5:25

    Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

  16. Colossians 3:14

    And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

  17. 1 Peter 4:8

    And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Questions, answered plainly

What does the Bible say about love?

The Bible roots all love in God himself — "God is love" (1 John 4:8) — and shows it most clearly at the cross, where "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). It calls believers to love one another as Christ loved us (John 13:34) and describes that love as patient, kind, and enduring (1 Corinthians 13).

What is the greatest description of love in the Bible?

First Corinthians 13 is the Bible’s fullest portrait of love — suffering long, kind, not envious, not easily provoked, bearing and enduring all things — and it ends by naming love the greatest of faith, hope, and love (1 Corinthians 13:13).

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