80 Bible Verses about Agape Love

This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Love never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

But woe unto you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over justice and the love of God: these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

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

By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one to another.

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you: continue you in my love.

If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

And I have declared unto them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.

And hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us.

But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Love works no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

But if your brother is grieved with your food, you no longer walk in love. Destroy not him with your food, for whom Christ died.

Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which works by love.

For, brethren, you have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, who is the head, even Christ:

From whom the whole body being fitly joined together and knit together by that which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, makes increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling fragrance.

Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have to all the saints,

Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

And above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

But now when Timothy came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and love, and that you have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:

And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds;

And with all deception of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Yet she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with propriety.

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

But you, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

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

Hold fast the pattern of sound words, which you have heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

But you have fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience,

Hearing of your love and faith, which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;

For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints are refreshed by you, brother.

Yet for love's sake I rather beseech you, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

And above all things have fervent love among yourselves: for love shall cover a multitude of sins.

Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love.

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

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not.

By this perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother have need, and shuts up his heart of compassion from him, how dwells the love of God in him?

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loves is born of God, and knows God.

He that loves not knows not God; for God is love.

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

No man 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 that God has for us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.

In 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 to do with punishment. He that fears is not made perfect in love.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not burdensome.

Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

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

Who have borne witness of your love before the church: whom if you send forward on their journey in a godly manner, you shall do well:

Mercy unto you, and peace and love, be multiplied.

These are spots in your love feasts, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about by winds; trees whose fruit withers, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

Nevertheless I have somewhat against you, because you have left your first love.

I know your works, and love, and service, and faith, and your patience, and your works; and the last to be more than the first.