10 Bible Verses about Love For The Church

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,

If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.

And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them.

Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.

Make room for us in your hearts; we wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we took advantage of no one. I do not speak to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and to live together.

For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions.

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.