Agape Love

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. — read the full passage →

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? — read the full passage →

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, — read the full passage →

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. — read the full passage →

And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. — read the full passage →

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

We love him, because he first loved us.

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. — read the full passage →

For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. — read the full passage →

And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

Let all your things be done with charity.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

These things I command you, that ye love one another.

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; — read the full passage →

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. — read the full passage →