55 Bible Verses about Love For God

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who 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 in, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'read more.
Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?' And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'

And many women were also there, looking on from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him; among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's sons. And when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself also become a disciple of Jesus.read more.
He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. When Josnt took the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.

For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, will by no means lose his reward.

Jesus answered, "The first is: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.'

And the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher; you have well said that God is one, and there is no other but he; and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

"Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word;

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little."

But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

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

Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and came forth from God; I have not come of my own accord, but he sent me.

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

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

Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

You have heard me say to you, 'I am going away and coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, 'I am going to the Father,' for the Father is greater than I.

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

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

I have made known to them your name, and will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them."

He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, 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, you know all things; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.

Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.

But if anyone loves God, he is known by him.

If anyone does not love the Lordlet him be accursed. Come, O Lord!

We are confident, I say, and would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail, but faith working through love.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into him, who is the head, into Christ,

Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

And this is my prayer, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,

I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better;

But whatever was gain to me, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count everything to be loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.

May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power and love and self-discipline.

Follow the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

In the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved his appearing.

because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,

For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love which you have shown for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, for when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

Listen, my beloved brethren: has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?

Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

To you therefore who believe, this is precious, but for those who do not believe, "The very stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,"

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

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or tongue but in deed and in truth.

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. In this love is perfected among us, that we may have confidence for 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 to do with punishment. And he who fears is not made perfect in love.read more.
We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey 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, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in love.

keep yourselves in the love of God; wait anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

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