16 Bible Verses about Friendship And Love

No one can give greater proof of love than by laying down his life for his friends.

And you are my friends, if you do what I command you.

Dear friends, let us love one another, because Love comes from God; and every one who loves has received the new Life from God and knows God.

Unfaithful people! Do not you know that to be friends with the world means to be at enmity with God? Therefore whoever chooses to be friends with the world makes himself an enemy to God.

I no longer call you 'servants,' because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have given you the name of 'friends,' because I made known to you everything that I learned from my Father.

Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When any one loves the world, there is no love for the Father in him;

And that in this way the words of Scripture came true-- "Abraham believed God, and that was regarded by God as righteousness," and "He was called the friend of God."

Jesus also said to them: "Suppose that one of you who has a friend were to go to him in the middle of the night and say 'Friend, lend me three loaves,

And not only that, but we exult in God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, through whom we have now obtained this reconciliation.

The sisters, therefore, sent this message to Jesus--'Master, your friend is ill';

Therefore encourage one another, and try to build up one another's characters, as indeed you are doing.

I have indeed found great joy and encouragement in your love, knowing, as I do, how the hearts of Christ's People have been cheered, brother, by you.

And now, brothers, good-bye. Aim at perfection; take courage; agree together; live in peace. And then God, the source of all love and peace, will be with you.

I tell you that, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is a friend, yet because of his persistence he will rouse himself and give him what he wants.

Greet one another with the kiss of love. May God give his peace to you all in your union with Christ.

Or rather that both you and I may find encouragement in each other's faith.