New testament verses on love

Here are some powerful New Testament verses on love:

  1. John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
  2. 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 - "If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have 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 do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing."
  3. 1 John 4:8 - "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."
  4. Romans 13:10 - "Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law."
  5. Ephesians 5:25 - "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."
  6. Colossians 3:14 - "And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."
  7. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 - "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."
  8. Matthew 22:37-40 - "Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
  9. Galatians 5:22-23 - "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
  10. 1 John 4:19 - "We love because he first loved us."

These verses remind us of the importance of love in our relationships with God and with others. They encourage us to love with a selfless, sacrificial, and unconditional love, just as God loves us.