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Bible Verses about Love

Explore Scripture about love for God, love for others and God’s love. Read the selections alongside their surrounding passages.

8 passages · World English Bible · About this edition

1 Corinthians 13:4–7

4 Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

5 doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

6 doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.

1 Corinthians 13:4–7 World English Bible

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John 3:16

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

John 3:16 World English Bible

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John 15:12–13

12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:12–13 World English Bible

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Matthew 5:43–44

43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Matthew 5:43–44 World English Bible

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Romans 8:38–39

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

39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God’s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:38–39 World English Bible

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Ephesians 2:4–5

4 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

Ephesians 2:4–5 World English Bible

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Deuteronomy 6:5

5 You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

Deuteronomy 6:5 World English Bible

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Psalm 103:8

8 Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

Psalm 103:8 World English Bible

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