64 Bible Verses about Love, Nature Of

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God. he that has not social affection, does not know God; for God is love.

may the Lord make you increase and abound in mutual love, in love towards all men, as we do towards you:

for the spirit, which God has given us, is not a spirit of timidity, but of fortitude, of benevolence, and of moderation.

and we have known, and are convinced that God hath loved us. God is love; and he that cultivates social affection, dwelleth in God, and God in him.

this is the proof of the divine love, Christ expos'd his life for us: and we ought to expose our lives for the brethren.

and what heightens his love, was this, that it was not we who first loved God, but it was he that first loved us, and sent his son to expiate our sins.

there cannot be greater love than that of a man, who lays down his life for his friends.

for Christ loved us, and for us gave himself an offering and a sacrifice acceptable to God.

but the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, sweetness of disposition, beneficence, faithfulness, meekness, temperance:

now hope will not deceive us, because the love of God is diffused thro' our hearts, by the holy spirit which is given to us;

in the mean time, I conjure you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the spirit, that you join with me in earnest prayers to God for me;

who also declared to us the love you bear to us upon a spiritual account.

for God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have eternal life.

for this I know of you, that you are not possess'd with any love for God.

your love to me will be in keeping my commandments: even as I love my father by keeping his commandments.

neither the high, nor the low, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God by Christ Jesus our Lord.

the favour of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communication of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. amen.

then it was that God, who is rich in mercy, thro' his great love, wherewith he loved us,

for whom the Lord loveth, he chastises, and scourgeth every son whom he receives."

Consider what proof the father has given us of his love, in allowing us to be called the sons of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it knew him not.

he replied, 'tis thus, "thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy strength, and with all thy understanding; and thy neighbour as thy self."

he that hath received my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me, shall be beloved by my father, and I will love him, and shew my self unto him.

So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, do you love me more than these do? yes, Lord, said he, you know that I love you. Jesus reply'd, feed my lambs.

We know too, that all things co-operate for the good of those who love God, who, pursuant to his purpose, has now called them:

never forgetting the effects of your faith, your charitable offices, and the constancy of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ; of which God is our witness.

happy is he that can stand the tryal: for when he has undergone the test, he shall receive that crown of life which the Lord has promised to those that love him.

whom though you have not seen, you love: and though he is not now the object of your view, yet you believe in him, and triumph with such a laudable transport, as cannot be express'd:

for our love of God consists in the observation of his precepts: precepts that are far from being grievous.

by this mutual love shall all men know that you are my disciples.

Owe no man any thing, but mutual love: for he that

present my love to every christian among you. amen.

I don't mean to prescribe to you, but that the zeal of others may show you are as sincerely well-affected.

for, brethren, you have been called to liberty. only abuse not this freedom as a pretext to vice, but in offices of love be as servants one to another.

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

and the favour I ask of him is this, that your kindness to me may be crown'd with farther improvements in knowledge and all prudence;

that their hearts might be comforted, and that being firmly united in love, they might possess the highest and fullest persuasion of the truth of this doctrine, by entring into this mystery, even of God the father, and of Christ,

they place their felicity in daily pleasure: they are a vile scandal to religion: when they are present at your love-feasts they indulge their luxury:

wo unto you Pharisees, for you affect to have the first rank in the synagogue, and to be complimented in publick places.

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

for they preferr'd their own reputation to the glory of God.

for Damas, out of love to this world has abandon'd me, and is gone to Thessalonica: Crescens, to Galatia: and Titus, to Dalmatia.

and are gone astray to follow the practices of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity;

Love not the world, nor let worldly things engage your affections. he that is worldly affected is a stranger to divine love.

Social affection is patient, is kind; is a stranger to envy; is not insolently vain, nor arrogant: does not behave indecently, is not self-interested, is not easily provoked, nor suspects any ill; it does not countenance injustice, but smiles upon virtue;read more.
it excuses all things, believes what is favourable, hopes for the best, and suffers the worst. Social affection will never fail: but as for prophecies, they shall be out of use; as for languages, they shall cease; as for knowledge, it shall vanish away.

Let love be without dissimulation. abhor that which is evil, adhere to that which is good.

such a charge will produce that charity, which arises from purity, from a good conscience, and a sincere belief:

You that have purified your souls by the holy spirit, in obeying the gospel, which obliges you to an undisguised benevolence, let your hearts be mutually affected with the most disinterested ardour;

Fear is a stranger to love; for perfect loves excludes all fear: since pain is the object of fear, he that is affected with fear, cannot be sincere in his love.

he that possesses the enjoyments of life, and seeing his brother in want, has no compassion for him, how can he be said to have any divine love? my dear children, let not our love be only in the language of our lips, but in the real effects of the heart.

if ye love me, keep my commandments.

but herein hath God displayed his love towards us, in that Christ died for us, even while we were yet sinners.

now if your brother be endanger'd by your eating, you violate the obligations of love: for such a matter as eating, will you risk his life, for whom Christ died?

I am crucified with Christ, it is not I that now live, but Christ that liveth in me; the life I have in this body I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

by this was the love of God displayed towards us, in that God sent his only begotten son into the world, that we might live thro' him.

by this we may know that we love the children of God, if we love God, and keep his commandments. for our love of God consists in the observation of his precepts: precepts that are far from being grievous.

and now faith, hope, social virtue, these three will all remain; but the most permanent of the three is social virtue.

Jesus said to him, "thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." this is the first and most important precept, and the second has an affinity with it, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self."

Jesus answer'd him, the first of all the commandments is thus deliver'd, "hear, o Israel, the lord our God is the only lord. you shall therefore love the lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, to the utmost of your understanding, and all your faculties." this is the first commandment. and the second, which has an affinity to it, is this: "you shall love your neighbour as yourself." there is no other commandment greater than these.

loves others hath fulfilled the law. for this, "thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, thou shalt not covet;" and whatever social precept there be, it is reduced to this single head, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self." the benevolent never does wrong to his neighbour: therefore benevolence is the fulfilling of the law.

for in the christian-dispensation, neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but an active benevolent faith.

so that your souls may be possess'd with faith in Christ. Be ye rooted and grounded in social virtue, that you may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height of this mystery: and be sensible of his exceeding love, in giving you the knowledge of Christ, that you may be filled with all the supplies of divine bounty.

to all this add love, which is the band of perfect union:

to piety, fraternal affection: and to fraternal affection, universal benevolence.

he that loves his brother, abides in the light, and will be secure from stumbling.