21 Bible Verses about Christ's Love

And Jesus looked at him and loved him, and he said to him, "There is one thing that you lack. Go, sell all you have, and give the money to the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

So the sisters sent this message to Jesus: "Master, your friend is sick."

So the Jews said, "See how much he loved him!"

Next to Jesus, at his right at the table, was one of his disciples whom Jesus especially loved.

So Jesus, seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, said to his mother, "There is your son!"

So she ran away and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple who was dear to Jesus, and said to them, "They have taken the Master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him."

Then the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, "It is the Master!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Master, he put on his clothes, for he had taken them off, and sprang into the sea.

Peter turned and saw following them the disciple who was very dear to Jesus, who at the supper leaned back on Jesus' breast and said, "Master, who is it that is going to betray you?"

I have loved you just as the Father has loved me. You must retain my love.

If you keep my commands you will retain my love, just as I have observed the Father's commands and retain his love.

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

and lead loving lives, just as Christ loved you and gave himself for you, as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

We know what love means from the fact that he laid down his life for us; so we also ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

It is he who has my commands and observes them that really loves me, and whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and show myself to him."

so that you and all God's people may be strong enough to grasp what breadth, length, height, and depth mean, and to understand Christ's love, so far beyond our understanding, so that you may be filled with the very fulness of God.

Before the Passover Festival began, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father, but he had loved those who were his own in the world, and he loved them to the last.

You who are husbands must love your wives, just as Christ loves the church and gave himself for her,

As your example in wholesome instruction, keep before you what you learned from me, in the faith and love that come through union with Christ Jesus.

and from Jesus Christ the trustworthy witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the sovereign of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has released us from our sins by his blood

It is Christ's love that controls me, for I have become convinced that as one has died for all, all have died,