What the Scriptures say about Love
Romans 8:38-39
38 For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers, 39 Or things on high, or things under the earth, or anything which is made, will be able to come between us and the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 13:8-10
8 Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law. 9 And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. 10 Love does no wrong to his neighbour, so love makes the law complete.
Romans 12:16
16 Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.
Romans 12:10
10 Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;
Matthew 19:19
19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
Mark 12:30
30 And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.
John 3:16
16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
John 15:9-13
9 Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love. 10 If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love. 11 I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete. 12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you. 13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.
John 14:15
15 If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.
James 2:8
8 But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:
I Peter 4:8
8 And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:
I John 4:8
8 He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.
I John 4:20-21
20 If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen? 21 And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.
I John 4:16
16 And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.
I John 4:11
11 My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.
I John 3:17-18
17 But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him? 18 My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.
I John 2:9
9 He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.
I John 2:15
15 Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
I Corinthians 16:14
14 Let all you do be done in love.
I Corinthians 13:4-7
4 Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride; 5 Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil; 6 It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true; 7 Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.
I Corinthians 13:13
13 But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
I Corinthians 13:1-3
1 If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell. 2 And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.
Galatians 5:22
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
Ephesians 5:2
2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
