80 Bible Verses about Agape Love

this is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. there cannot be greater love than that of a man, who lays down his life for his friends.

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.

but wo unto you Pharisees: for you will pay the tythes of mint, and rue, and all sorts of herbs, but as for justice and true piety, those you neglect. these you ought to have practised, without omitting however the other.

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

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

as the father has loved me, and I have loved you: so do you persevere in your love to me.

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

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

to them I have declared thy name, and will declare it: that thou mayst love them as thou hast loved me, and I have loved them."

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;

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

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

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.

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

thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self." the benevolent never does wrong to his neighbour: therefore benevolence is the fulfilling of the law.

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?

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;

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

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.

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

according as he had chosen us in himself before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, free from vice, and devoted to virtue.

Wherefore having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and of your love to all christians,

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

so that your souls may be possess'd with faith in Christ.

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.

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

but being sincere in mutual love, may be entirely united to Christ, who is the head:

from which the whole body fitly framed, and compacted by the entire adherence and contribution of every part performing its respective function, increases and improves itself by the mutual concern of the parts.

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

may our brethren have peace, social affection, and faith from God the father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the affection you have to all christians;

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

who has deliver'd you from the state of darkness, and has translated you into the kingdom of his beloved son.

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,

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

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.

but Timothy, upon his arrival here from you, brings us the agreeable news of the perseverance of your faith and charity, that you always make honourable mention of us, and that you desire to see us as ardently as we do to see you.

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

but let us, who enjoy the light, be temperate; let us be arm'd with the breast-plate of faith and charity, and for an helmet, with the hope of salvation.

maintain an intire affection for them, upon account of their office, and don't form any brigues against them.

We are oblig'd, my brethren, to render thanks to God continually upon your account, as it is but just; since your faith still improves, and your mutual love is always increasing.

and with all the vile methods of imposture, to the ruin of those, who are averse to the truth, by which they might be saved.

may the Lord qualify your hearts with divine affection, and a patient expectation of Jesus Christ.

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

but the favour of our Lord display'd itself by that faith and charity, which was wrought in me by Jesus Christ.

however the women may be saved by educating their children, and persevering themselves in faith, in charity, in holiness and chastity. this may be depended upon as true.

don't give occasion to any to despise your youth: but be a pattern to believers in your discourse, in your behaviour, by your charity, faith and chastity.

As for you the minister of God, avoid those things: adhere to justice, piety, faith, charity, patience, and benignity of temper.

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

Keep that form of sound doctrine you receiv'd from me, which consists in christian faith and charity:

Avoid the passions of youth. pursue justice, fidelity, benevolence and concord with all sincere christians.

As for me, you are perfectly acquainted with my doctrine, my conduct, my designs, my temper, my benevolence, my constancy,

and thank my God for the account I have of your faith in the Lord Jesus and the love you bear to all the saints;

for your liberality, my brother, affected us with great joy and comfort, by your having refresh'd the bowels of the saints.

I had rather apply to your benevolent temper, and desire you would regard the years of Paul, who am now also a prisoner for Jesus Christ,

but above all, let your mutual benevolence be intense, for benevolence cancels a multitude of offences.

salute one another with social affection. peace be with every christian among you. Amen.

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

but he that observes his precepts, loves God with a true and perfect love: 'tis by this we know that we are truly christians.

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

no man hath ever seen God. if we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and our love for him is then sincere.

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.

the divine love to us will be in the highest degree, if our condition in this world be the same as was that of Christ Jesus; so that we may appear with confidence in the day of judgment.

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.

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

Grace, mercy, and peace be with you from God the father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ the son of the father, in consequence of your sincere piety, and social virtue.

now love consists in the practice of the divine precepts. this is the precept you have originally receiv'd, as the rule of your conduct.

they have made a publick declaration of your charity, and you will do well to accompany them in the most effectual manner.

mercy, peace and love be multiplied to you.

they are a disgrace to your love-feasts, they indulge themselves at your festivals without reserve: clouds without water, transported with every wind: trees whose fruit soon withers and is useless, twice dead and rooted up:

and thereby cultivate the divine favour, in the expectation of eternal life by the mercy of Jesus Christ our Lord.

nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

your charitable offices, your faith, and your patience, and that your last works exceed the first.