Home Topics Love Love is at the center of the Bible's message, and it is described in surprisingly practical terms: patient, kind, not keeping score. These verses cover love between friends, families, neighbors, and even enemies, along with the love that makes all of that possible. They are often read at weddings, but they are just as useful on an ordinary Tuesday when someone is hard to love. Read them as a description of what love looks like in real life.
KJV Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, BSB Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. KJV Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; BSB It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. KJV Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; BSB Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. KJV Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. BSB It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. KJV And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. BSB And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love. KJV A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. BSB A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. KJV By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. BSB By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.” KJV This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. BSB This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. KJV Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. BSB Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. KJV Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. BSB Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. KJV He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. BSB Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. KJV We love him, because he first loved us. BSB We love because He first loved us. KJV My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. BSB Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth. KJV Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.BSB Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. KJV Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. BSB Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. KJV Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. BSB Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. KJV And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. BSB Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. KJV And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. BSB And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity. KJV With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; BSB with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, KJV And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. BSB Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ KJV And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. BSB The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.” KJV Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. BSB Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions. KJV Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. BSB Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned. KJV Let all your things be done with charity. BSB Do everything in love. KJV But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, BSB But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, KJV But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; BSB But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 