What Does the Bible Say About Gift Of Love?

John 3:16 ESV / 13 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 8 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

1 John 4:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes

We love because he first loved us.

1 John 3:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

John 14:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”

1 Corinthians 14:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

Romans 5:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

1 John 4:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.

1 John 4:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1 John 4:7-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. ...

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Mark 11:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

Matthew 10:42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”

Matthew 5:43-44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

Song of Solomon 8:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

John 15:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Exodus 20:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

22 Bible Verses about Gift Of Love

John 3:16 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 John 4:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 John 3:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 14:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 14:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 5:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 4:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:7-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 11:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 10:42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:43-44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Song of Solomon 8:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 20:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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22 Bible Verses about Gift Of Love

John 3:16 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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John 3:16 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 John 4:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 John 3:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 14:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 14:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 5:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 4:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:7-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 11:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 10:42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:43-44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Song of Solomon 8:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 20:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote