Bible Verses About How Much God Loves Us
July 12, 2024
Bible Verses About Responding With Kindness To Enemies
July 12, 2024
Love is one of the central commands of Scripture, yet it’s not always easy to live out—especially when it feels one-sided or unreturned. The Bible reminds us that true love comes from God, who loved us first and continues to love us faithfully. These verses encourage us to love with patience, grace, and perseverance, even in difficult relationships, reflecting the love of Christ to others.
Bible Verses About Loving Others Even When It’s Hard
Matthew 5:44 – “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”
Luke 6:27-28 – “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”
Romans 12:20 – “To the contrary, ‘if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.'”
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 – “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
1 John 4:7-8 – “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
1 John 4:18-19 – “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he first loved us.”
Matthew 22:39 – “And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'”
Proverbs 10:12 – “Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.”
Proverbs 17:17 – “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.”
Luke 6:35 – “But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.”
1 Corinthians 16:14 – “Do everything in love.”
Ephesians 4:2-3 – “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”
Colossians 3:14 – “And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
1 Peter 4:8 – “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”
John 15:12 – “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
Romans 12:10 – “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
Romans 13:10 – “Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”
1 John 3:18 – “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”
John 13:34-35 – “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
1 John 4:11 – “Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”
Romans 5:8 – “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 8:37-39 – “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
1 John 4:16 – “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”
Galatians 5:22-23 – “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
Romans 13:8 – “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.”
Hebrews 13:1 – “Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.”
1 Thessalonians 3:12 – “May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.”
1 Peter 1:22 – “Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.”
1 John 4:9-10 – “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
1 John 4:21 – “And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.”
1 Corinthians 16:14 – “Do everything in love.”
1 John 4:18 – “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.”
Galatians 5:13 – “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.”
John 14:15 – “If you love me, keep my commands.”
1 John 4:8 – “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
Ephesians 5:2 – “And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”
Matthew 22:37-39 – “Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'”
Luke 10:27 – “He answered, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'”
1 John 4:19 – “We love because he first loved us.”
1 John 4:16 – “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”
1 Corinthians 13:1 – “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.”
1 John 4:7-8 – “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
Ephesians 4:2-3 – “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”
John 15:12 – “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
Proverbs 10:12 – “Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.”
1 Corinthians 16:14 – “Do everything in love.”
Ephesians 4:32 – “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
Colossians 3:14 – “And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
1 John 4:11 – “Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”
These verses highlight the importance of love, even in difficult circumstances or when it is not reciprocated.
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