54 Bible Verses about Love For God

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me:

Then shall the King say to those on his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, come into your inheritance in the realm prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you entertained me, I was unclothed and you clothed me, I was ill and you looked after me, I was in prison and you visited me.'read more.
Then the just will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and fed you? or thirsty and gave you drink? when did we see you a stranger and entertain you? or unclothed and clothed you? when did we see you ill or in prison and visit you?' The King will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did it to one of these brothers of mine, even to the least of them, you did it to me.'

There were also a number of women there looking on from a distance, women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and waited on him, including Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedaeus. Now when evening came, a rich man from Arimathaea, called Joseph, who had become a disciple of Jesus,read more.
went to Pilate and asked him for the body of Jesus. Pilate then ordered the body to be handed over to him. So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in clean linen, and put it in his new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; then, after rolling a large boulder to the opening of the tomb, he went away. Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

Whoever gives you a cup of water because you belong to Christ, I tell you truly, he shall not miss his reward.

Jesus replied, "The chief one is: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord, and you must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, with your whole mind, and with your whole strength.

The scribe said to him, "Right, teacher! You have truly said, He is One, and there is none else but Him. Also, to love him with the whole heart, with the whole understanding, and with the whole strength, and to love one's neighbour as oneself ??that is far more than all holocausts and sacrifices."

"Now, Master, thou canst let thy servant go, and go in peace, as thou didst promise;

Therefore I tell you, many as her sins are, they are forgiven, for her love is great; whereas he to whom little is forgiven has but little love."

But woe to you Pharisees! you tithe mint and rue and every vegetable, but justice and the love of God you disregard; these latter you ought to have practised ??without omitting the former.

but I know there is no love to God in you;

Said Jesus, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came here from God; I did not come of my own accord, I was sent by him.

If you love me you will keep my commands,

He who possesses my commands and obeys them is he who loves me, and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and appear to him."

Jesus answered, "If anyone loves me he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up our abode with him.

You heard me tell you I was going away and coming back to you; if you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father ??for the Father is greater than I am.

As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; remain within my love.

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

so have I declared, so will I declare, thy Name to them, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them."

For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.

Then Paul replied, "What do you mean by weeping and disheartening me? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

We know also that those who love God, those who have been called in terms of his purpose, have his aid and interest in everything.

but if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

'If any one has no love for the Lord, God's curse be on him! Maran atha!

and in this confidence I would fain get away from the body and reside with the Lord.

for I am controlled by the love of Christ, convinced that as One has died for all, then all have died, and that he died for all in order to have the living live no longer for themselves but for him who died and rose for them.

in Christ Jesus circumcision is not valid, neither is uncircumcision, but only faith active in love.

But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity,

But no boasting for me, none except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I crucified to the world.

May Christ dwell in your hearts as you have faith! May you be so fixed and founded in love that you can grasp with all the saints what is the meaning of 'the Breadth,' 'the Length,' 'the Depth' and 'the Height,' by knowing the love of Christ which surpasses all knowledge! May you be filled with the entire fulness of God!

we are to hold by the truth, and by our love to grow up wholly into Him. For He, Christ, is the head, and under him,

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

And it is my prayer that your love may be more and more rich in knowledge and all manner of insight, enabling you to have a sense of what is vital,

I am in a dilemma between the two. My strong desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far the best.

But for Christ's sake I have learned to count my former gains a loss; indeed I count anything a loss, compared to the supreme value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have lost everything (I count it all the veriest refuse) in order to gain Christ

and it is he who has informed us of your love in the Spirit.

May the Lord direct your hearts towards God's love and towards Christ's patience!

for God has not given us a timid spirit but a spirit of power and love and discipline.

Model yourself on the sound instruction you have had from me in the faith and love of Christ Jesus.

Now the crown of a good life awaits me, with which the Lord, that just Judge, will reward me on the great Day ??and not only me but all who have loved and longed for his appearance.

for as I hear of your love and loyalty to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints,

God is not unfair; he will not forget what you have done, or the love you have shown for his sake in ministering, as you still do, to the saints.

Blessed is he who endures under trial; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the crown of life which is promised to all who love Him.

Listen, my beloved brothers; has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the realm which he has promised to those who love him?

You never knew him, but you love him; for the moment you do not see him, but you believe in him, and you will thrill with an unspeakable and glorious joy

Now you believe, you hold him 'precious,' but as for the unbelieving ??the very stone the builders rejected is now the cornerstone,

but whoever obeys his word, in him love to God is really complete. This is how we may be sure we are in him:

Love not the world, nor yet what is in the world; if anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.

But whoever possesses this world's goods, and notices his brother in need, and shuts his heart against him, how can love to God remain in him? My dear children, let us put our love not into words or into talk but into deeds, and make it real.

God no one has ever seen; but if we love one another, then God remains within us, and love for him is complete in us.

well, we do know, we have believed, the love God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. Love is complete with us when we have absolute confidence about the day of judgment, since in this world we are living as He lives. Love has no dread in it; no, love in its fulness drives all dread away, for dread has to do with punishment ??anyone who has dread, has not reached the fulness of love.read more.
We love, because He loved us first. If anyone declares, 'I love God,' and yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who will not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot possibly love the God whom he has never seen. And we get this command from him, that he who loves God is to love his brother as well.

Everyone who believes Jesus is the Christ, is born of God; and everyone who loves the Father, loves the sons born of him. This is how we are sure that we love God's children, by loving God and obeying his commands (for love to God means keeping his commands). And his commands are not irksome,

To live by his commands, that is what love means: and the command is, live in love as you have learned to do from the very beginning.

so keeping yourselves within the love of God and waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that ends in life eternal.

But I have this against you: you have given up loving one another as you did at first.