Biblical References to Love

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  • 1 Peter 3:10
    For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
    1 Peter 3:9-11 (in Context) 1 Peter 3 (Whole Chapter)
  • 2 Peter 2:15
    Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
    2 Peter 2:14-16 (in Context) 2 Peter 2 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 2:5
    But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
    1 John 2:4-6 (in Context) 1 John 2 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 2:10
    He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
    1 John 2:9-11 (in Context) 1 John 2 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 2:15
    Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
    1 John 2:14-16 (in Context) 1 John 2 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 3:1
    Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
    1 John 3:1-3 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 3:10
    In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
    1 John 3:9-11 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 3:11
    For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
    1 John 3:10-12 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 3:14
    We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
    1 John 3:13-15 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 3:16
    Hereby 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.
    1 John 3:15-17 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 3:17
    But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
    1 John 3:16-18 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 3:18
    My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
    1 John 3:17-19 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 3:23
    And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
    1 John 3:22-24 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 4:7
    Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
    1 John 4:6-8 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 4:8
    He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
    1 John 4:7-9 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 4:9
    In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
    1 John 4:8-10 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 4:10
    Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
    1 John 4:9-11 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 4:11
    Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
    1 John 4:10-12 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 4:12
    No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
    1 John 4:11-13 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 4:16
    And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
    1 John 4:15-17 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 4:17
    Herein 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.
    1 John 4:16-18 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 4:18
    There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
    1 John 4:17-19 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 4:19
    We love him, because he first loved us.
    1 John 4:18-20 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 4:20
    If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
    1 John 4:19-21 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 4:21
    And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
    1 John 4:20-21 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 5:1
    Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
    1 John 5:1-3 (in Context) 1 John 5 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 5:2
    By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
    1 John 5:1-3 (in Context) 1 John 5 (Whole Chapter)
  • 1 John 5:3
    For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
    1 John 5:2-4 (in Context) 1 John 5 (Whole Chapter)
  • 2 John 1:1
    The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
    2 John 1:1-3 (in Context) 2 John 1 (Whole Chapter)
  • 2 John 1:3
    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.
    2 John 1:2-4 (in Context) 2 John 1 (Whole Chapter)
  • 2 John 1:5
    And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
    2 John 1:4-6 (in Context) 2 John 1 (Whole Chapter)
  • 2 John 1:6
    And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
    2 John 1:5-7 (in Context) 2 John 1 (Whole Chapter)
  • 3 John 1:1
    The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
    3 John 1:1-3 (in Context) 3 John 1 (Whole Chapter)
  • 3 John 1:9
    I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
    3 John 1:8-10 (in Context) 3 John 1 (Whole Chapter)
  • Jude 1:2
    Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
    Jude 1:1-3 (in Context) Jude 1 (Whole Chapter)
  • Jude 1:21
    Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
    Jude 1:20-22 (in Context) Jude 1 (Whole Chapter)
  • Revelation 1:5
    And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
    Revelation 1:4-6 (in Context) Revelation 1 (Whole Chapter)
  • Revelation 2:4
    Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
    Revelation 2:3-5 (in Context) Revelation 2 (Whole Chapter)
  • Revelation 3:9
    Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
    Revelation 3:8-10 (in Context) Revelation 3 (Whole Chapter)
  • Revelation 3:19
    As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
    Revelation 3:18-20 (in Context) Revelation 3 (Whole Chapter)
  • Revelation 12:11
    And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
    Revelation 12:10-12 (in Context) Revelation 12 (Whole Chapter)
  • Revelation 22:15
    For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
    Revelation 22:14-16 (in Context) Revelation 22 (Whole Chapter)

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