Love has become so misused and misunderstood by not only the people of the world but also by believers. As you read through the scripture about love below, I pray that you will have a revelation and be reminded of what love is. Love is the ability to overcome offenses by grace. It is eliminating barriers and allowing oneself to be a light in a world surrounded by darkness. Love motivates everything God says and does.
Scripture About Love: God’s Love for Us
- But God demonstrates his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us ~ Romans 5:8
- We love because He first loved us. ~1 John 4:19
- Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7
- But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. ~1 Corinthians 13:13
- There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. ~ 1 John 4:18
- 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. ~ John 3:16
- By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. ~ 1 John 4:9
- Let all that you do be done in love. ~1 Corinthians 16:14
- We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. ~ 1 John 4:16
- Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. ~Colossians 3:14
Scripture About Love: Loving One Another
- Do not take revenge on others or continue to hate them, but love your neighbors as you love yourself. I am the Lord. ~Leviticus 19:18
- Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. ~Romans 13:10
- This I command you, that you love one another. ~John 15:17
- Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. ~1 Peter 4:8
- If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. ~1 John 4:20
- with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, ~Ephesians 4:2
- Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. ~John 15:13
- But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you ~Matthew 5:44
- A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity. ~Proverbs 17:17
- Let love of the brethren continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it. ~Hebrews 13:1-2
Scripture About Love and Marriage
- 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. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ~1 Corinthians 13:4-8
- So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself ~Ephesians 5:28
- I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine. ~Song of Solomon 8:3
- He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.~ Proverbs 18:22
- Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. ~ Genesis 2:22-24
- A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life. ~ Proverbs 31:10-12
- Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. ~ Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
- I found the one my heart loves. ~ Song of Solomon 3:4
More Scripture About Love
- May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. ~1 Thessalonians 3:12
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Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.~Romans 12:9-10 NIV
