55 Bible Verses about Love For God

He that loves father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me:

Then the King will say to those on his right hand: Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave- me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me to your houses; naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.read more.
Then will the righteous answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and feed thee? or thirsty, and give thee drink? When did we see thee a stranger, and take thee to our home? or naked, and clothe thee? When did we see thee sick, or in prison, and come to thee? And the King will answer and say to them: Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.

Many women that had followed Jesus from Galilee, and had ministered to him, were there, looking on from a distance. Among these was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. When the evening had come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph; and he also was a disciple of Jesus.read more.
This man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given. And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in clean linen, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed. And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink on this account, because you are Christ s, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. And you shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole mind, and with your whole strength. This is the first commandment.

And the scribe said to him: Teacher, in truth you have well said, that there is one God, and there is no other beside him; and to love him with the whole heart, and with the whole understanding, and with the whole soul, and with the whole strength, and to love one's neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.

Now, Lord, thou dost let thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word,

Wherefore, I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much. But he to whom little is forgiven, loves little.

But alas for you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the justice and the love of God; these you ought to have done, and those you ought not to have left undone.

But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you.

Jesus said to them: If God were your father, you would love me; for I came forth from God and have come hither; nor, indeed, did I come of myself, but he sent me.

If you love me, keep my commandments;

He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved by my Father; and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Jesus answered and said to him: If any one loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.

You have heard that I said to you, I am going away, and am coming again to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I go to the Father; for my Father is greater than I.

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.

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

And I have made known to them thy name, and will continue to make it known, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

He said to him a third time: Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said to him: Feed my sheep.

But Paul answered: What do you effect by weeping, and breaking my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but also to suffer death in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

and this hope disappoints us not; because the love of God is poured abundantly into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that is given to us.

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

but if any one loves God, he is taught by him).

If any one loves not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. The Lord comes.

we are confident, indeed, and would be pleased rather to depart from the body, and to dwell with the Lord.

For the love of Christ constrains us, because we have this judgment that if one died for all, then have all died: and he died for all, that those who live should no more live for them selves, but for him who died for them, and rose again.

For, in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith that works by love.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness,

But may I never boast save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through the faith; that, being rooted and founded in love, you may be fully able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and depth and hight, and to know the love of the Christ that passes our knowledge, that you may be filled with aft the fullness of God.

but speaking truthfully in love, we might grow up in all things, into him who is the head, even the Christ,

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.

I also pray for this, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding,

I am in a strait between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better:

But the things which were gain to me, these I counted loss for Christ. Yes, verily, I also count all things to be loss, for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them to be refuse, that I may gain Christ,

and who also made known to us your love in spirit.

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

For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Hold fast the form of sound words which you have heard from me, in faithfulness and in love which is in Christ Jesus.

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me at that day; and not to me only, but to all those who love his appearing.

hearing of your love and your faith, which you have in the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints,

For God is not unjust, that he should forget your work, and the love which you have shown for his name by having ministered to the saints, and by continuing to minister.

Blessed is the man that endures trial: for, being approved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him.

Hear, my be loved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God has promised to those who love him?

-whom, though you have not seen him, yet you love; on whom not now looking, but believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable, and full of glory,

To you, then, who believe, is this preciousness: but the stone which the builders rejected, has become the head of the corner,

But whoever keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected: by this we know that we are in him.

Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother have need, and shuts his heart against him, how dwells the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.

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

And we have known and believed the love which God has for us. God is love; and he that dwells in love, dwells in God, and God in him. By this is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because, as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has torment: he that fears is not made perfect in love.read more.
We love him, because he first loved us. If any man say, I love God, and yet hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother, whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from him: That he that loves God, must love his brother also.

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ, has been be gotten of God: and every one that loves him that begot, loves him also that is begotten of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not burdensome.

And this is -love, that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

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

But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.