Love Bible Verses About Relationships

Relationships are a central part of our lives, and the Bible offers profound guidance on how to cultivate love and understanding within them. From friendships to romantic partnerships, Scripture provides timeless wisdom on how to navigate the complexities of human connections with grace and compassion. In this post, we’ll explore Bible verses about love in relationships, uncovering the principles that foster deeper bonds, mutual respect, and enduring commitment. Join us as we reflect on these powerful passages and discover how they can enrich our relationships and guide us toward loving others as God loves us.

Love Bible Verses About Relationships

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.”

Ephesians 5:25 – “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”

1 John 4:7 – “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”

1 Peter 4:8 – “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”

Colossians 3:14 – “And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”

Proverbs 17:17 – “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.”

Romans 13:10 – “Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”

John 15:12 – “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”

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.”

1 Corinthians 13:13 – “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

Song of Solomon 8:7 – “Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it would be utterly scorned.”

Philippians 2:2 – “Then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.”

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.’”

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.”

Ephesians 4:2 – “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”

1 John 3:18 – “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”

1 Corinthians 16:14 – “Do everything in love.”

Hebrews 13:1 – “Let mutual love continue.”

John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Titus 2:4 – “Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children.”

Proverbs 27:17 – “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”

Romans 5:5 – “And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”

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.”

James 1:19 – “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.”

Proverbs 31:10 – “A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.”

Colossians 3:18-19 – “Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.”

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.”

Matthew 7:12 – “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

2 Corinthians 5:14 – “For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.”

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.”

Romans 14:19 – “Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.”

1 Corinthians 7:3 – “The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.”

Philippians 1:9 – “And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight.”

Romans 13:8 – “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.”

Ephesians 5:28 – “In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.”

1 Peter 4:9 – “Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.”

Hebrews 10:24 – “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.”

Galatians 6:2 – “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”

1 John 4:16 – “So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”

Romans 12:10 – “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”

1 Corinthians 13:5 – “It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.”

Ephesians 4:32 – “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

Philippians 2:4 – “Not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”

1 John 4:9 – “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.”

1 Corinthians 13:6 – “Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.”

Matthew 18:21-22 – “Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, ‘Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?’ Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.’”

Luke 6:31 – “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

2 John 1:6 – “And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.”

1 Thessalonians 5:11 – “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”

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.”

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