Loving God

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

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

We love him, because he first loved us.

Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. — read the full passage →

But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, — read the full passage →

You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

If you love me, keep my commandments.

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God. — read the full passage →

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

But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

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

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my loving kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed,” says Yahweh who has mercy on you.

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him. — read the full passage →

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Oh give thanks to the God of heaven; for his loving kindness endures forever.

Jesus answered, “The greatest is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one: — read the full passage →

Let all that you do be done in love.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →

Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.

May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — read the full passage →

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’ — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. — read the full passage →

By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. — read the full passage →

My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world. — read the full passage →

One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him. — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. — read the full passage →

Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;

Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh. — read the full passage →

By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

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

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God. — read the full passage →

Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you; therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life.

But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together. — read the full passage →

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.

and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ — read the full passage →

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

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.

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

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous. — read the full passage →

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.

Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

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

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.