If you’re looking for love that lasts forever, the Holy Scriptures might give you the wisdom and insight you need to find it. The Bible has been teaching us about love for thousands of years. Inspired by the words of God, the love described in the verses of the Bible manifests kindness, patience, persistence, selflessness, faithfulness, gentleness, and truthfulness. It is the kind of love we need to have a long and lasting relationship with someone whom we have given our heart.
The Bible is available and accessible almost everywhere. You can even read it for free on the Internet through your computer and mobile phone. The passages about love in the Bible are applicable, not only for the love between God and man, but also between a husband and wife, parents and their children, brothers and sisters, and between you and everyone.
If you want to grow your love to a higher and divine level, try to read and understand the following inspiring and enlightening Bible verses about love.
1. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” – 1 Corinthians 13:4
2. “It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” – 1 Corinthians 13:5
3. “Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.” – 1 Corinthians 13:6
4. “It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” – 1 Corinthians 13:7
5. “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” – 1 Corinthians 13:13
6. “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” –1 Corinthians 13:1
7. “If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” – 1 Corinthians 13:2
8. “If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.” –1 Corinthians 13:2
9. “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” – 1 John 4:18
10. “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” – Colossians 3:12-14
11. “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you.” – Luke 6:27-31
12. “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.” – 1 John 4:7
13. “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” – 1 John 4:8
14. “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.” – 1 John 4:9
15. “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” – 1 John 4:10-11
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.” – John 3:16
17. “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” – 1 John 3:18-19
18. “In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him.” – 1 John 4:17
19. “One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important? The most important one, answered Jesus, is this: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” – Mark 12:28-31
20. “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.” – Romans 12:9
21. “Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” – Romans 13:10
22. “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” – Ephesians 4:2
23. “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” – 1 Peter 4:8
24. “This is my command: Love each other.” – John 15:17
25. “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” – Ephesians 5:25
26. “In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body.” – Ephesians 5:28-30
27. “However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.” – Ephesians 5:33
28. “Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.” – Proverbs 10:12
29. “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” – Proverbs 17:17
30. “Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it would be utterly scorned.” – Song of Songs 8:7
31. “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” – Matthew 6:24
32. “Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” – Matthew 22:37-39
God wrote a love letter to us thru the Bible verses to teach us what true love really is. I encourage you to read, understand, and practice it with all your heart. Finally, feel free to share them to your friends and loved ones to spread the words of God about love.
