Bible Verses About love
Scripture answer
Scripture defines love by God's self-giving nature, not by feeling. These verses reframe love as something practiced — patient, kind, sacrificial.
Start with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, John 3:16, 1 John 4:7-8; read each passage in its chapter.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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.
Read in contextJohn 3:16
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.
Read in context1 John 4:7-8
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Read in contextRomans 5:8
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Read in contextJohn 13:34-35
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
Read in context1 John 4:19
We love because he first loved us.
Read in contextEphesians 5:2
Walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us.
Read in contextColossians 3:14
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
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