What bible say about love

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Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love
Christ’s Sacrifice: the Ultimate Manifestation of God’s Love
God’s Love as Our Example

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.
1 Corinthians 13:4-5patienceangerselfishness
Do everything in love.
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go,
for to you I entrust my life.
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Colossians 3:14communityblameless
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 3:3-4rewardheartvaluable
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
We love because He first loved us.
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Ephesians 4:2humilitypatience
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13faithhope
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love.
Ephesians 3:16-17faithSpirit
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 13:2faithprophecy
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are ever before me.
Isaiah 49:15-16familychildrencompassion
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
2 Thessalonians 3:5transformationfollowingfaithfulness
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word.
Ephesians 5:25-26purificationrelationshipsmarriage
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
John 15:13sacrificefriendship
Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame.
Song of songs 8:6heartdeath
However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”—
the things God has prepared for those who love him.
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 4:18fearpunishment
Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you,
nations in exchange for your life.
Isaiah 43:4salvationencouragementvaluable

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.

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If I speak in human and angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.
– 1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Did you know that the word “love” appears over 300 times in the Bible? Love is central to the character of God – and the story of the world, from the creation of mankind, to God’s redemption of humanity through Christ’s sacrifice. It is no wonder, then, that the Scriptures are filled with praise for his enduring love – and that God repeatedly calls us to love one another throughout his Word. During this season when special gifts and attention are given in the name of love, take a few moments today to reflect on its biblical definition.

Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love

God’s love cannot be limited by anything in the world or beyond. It can overcome anything, and it endures forever:

Romans 8:37-39 – No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Psalm 100:5 – For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.

Jeremiah 31:3 – …I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

A crucifix in the Ave Maria Chapel

Christ’s Sacrifice: the Ultimate Manifestation of God’s Love

The ultimate manifestation of God’s love was when he sent his Son to earth, he made the ultimate sacrifice – laying down his life, so that we might live forever with him. The Scriptures tell us:

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.

1 John 4:9-10 – In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins.

John 15:13 – No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

God’s Love as Our Example

As God loves us, he also calls us to love others:

Romans 5:5 – And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy Spirit that has been given to us.

1 John 4:19-21 – We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. This is the commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.

Ephesians 4:1-5 – I then, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace: one body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism…

May the Holy Spirit fill your heart and enable you to love with a love that “bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, [and] endures all things.” (1 Corinthians 13:7)