Unconditional Love

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

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

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

And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

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

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

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

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

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

But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,

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

Jehovah appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him. — read the full passage →

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy: — read the full passage →

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

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared, — read the full passage →

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, — read the full passage →

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

and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.

We love, because he first loved us.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

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

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

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 unto him.

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

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

Let all that ye do be done in love.

Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee. — read the full passage →

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. — read the full passage →

The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever.

Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.

But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. — read the full passage →

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →

and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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 →

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? — read the full passage →

No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

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

I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me.

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

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

Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

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

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, — read the full passage →

but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned.

Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies. — read the full passage →

to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—

And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, — read the full passage →

Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.

desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples: — read the full passage →

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

Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

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

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

He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

having despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

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

There was at the table reclining in Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

and from Jesus Christ, who isthe faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.