What Does the Bible Say About Love Grows Cold?

Matthew 24:12 ESV / 12 helpful votes

And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.

1 John 4:7-8 ESV / 4 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.

Luke 18:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

2 Timothy 3:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

While evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Matthew 24:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Revelation 22:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

Revelation 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

Revelation 2:1-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. ...

Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. ...

1 John 2:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.

1 John 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

2 Timothy 3:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Colossians 3:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ...

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Acts 20:1-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia. When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece. There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus. These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas, ...

Acts 19:1-41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John's baptism.” And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. ...

John 13:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 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.

John 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Matthew 24:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 24:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.

Matthew 24:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

Matthew 24:1-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

Matthew 24:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. ...

Matthew 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

Genesis 6:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.

Genesis 6:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

30 Bible Verses about Love Grows Cold

Matthew 24:12 ESV / 12 helpful votes

1 John 4:7-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 18:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 24:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 22:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 20:1-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 19:1-41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 13:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:1-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 6:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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30 Bible Verses about Love Grows Cold

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Matthew 24:12 ESV / 12 helpful votes

1 John 4:7-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 18:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 24:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 22:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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1 John 2:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Acts 20:1-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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John 13:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:12-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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