Bible Verses About Agape Love
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for agape love, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,438 votes, led by 1 John 4:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Agape Love
1 John 4:8321 votes
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Romans 5:8262 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
John 13:34-35240 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
John 15:13207 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 3:16199 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1 Corinthians 13:7151 votes
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
1 John 4:18143 votes
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.
John 14:15136 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
1 John 4:7134 votes
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 4:10127 votes
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
John 21:15-17126 votes
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
John 14:21124 votes
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
1 Corinthians 13:4123 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Luke 10:27116 votes
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
John 16:27109 votes
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Colossians 3:14100 votes
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
1 John 4:20-2190 votes
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 3:1689 votes
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.
John 13:3488 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
1 Corinthians 13:1-1388 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
1 John 4:1687 votes
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.
Romans 8:38-3986 votes
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
John 13:3583 votes
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Romans 5:576 votes
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Romans 12:1076 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
What does the Bible say about agape love?
Readers most often cite 1 John 4:8 on the subject of agape love. Across 6,438 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 5:8, John 13:34-35, John 15:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.