Bible Verses for Love
King James Version (KJV)
Love is the heartbeat of the entire Bible. From Genesis to Revelation, God's love for humanity is the central story — and the Christian life is one of learning to love God and love others in return. 1 John 4:8 puts it plainly: "God is love."
These Bible verses about love include God's unconditional love for us, the call to love one another, and the famous definition of love in 1 Corinthians 13. Whether you are seeking to understand love, deepen it, or experience it for the first time — Scripture has much to say.
“‹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.›”
“¶ Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”
“Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;”
“Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
“Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;”
“¶ Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall vanish away.”
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.”
“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”
“And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.”
“But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.”
“And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”
“For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.”
“¶ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.”
“‹A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.›”
“‹Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.›”
“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
“‹By this shall all› [men] ‹know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.›”
“And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”
“And above all these things [put on] charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
“If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them.”
“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
“¶ For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.”
“We love him, because he first loved us.”
“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
“Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.”
“For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
“[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.”
“Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit.”