Bible Verses About Loving Unconditionally
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for loving unconditionally, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 706 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Loving Unconditionally
1 Corinthians 13:4-780 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 John 4:1859 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.
Luke 6:2746 votes
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
John 3:1640 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.
John 15:1337 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
1 Corinthians 13:1-1336 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.
Romans 5:835 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 2:131 votes
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
1 John 3:2031 votes
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
Ephesians 5:126 votes
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
John 15:1225 votes
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
1 Corinthians 16:1424 votes
Let all your things be done with charity.
Ephesians 5:2523 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Romans 3:2321 votes
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
James 1:1-2719 votes
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
1 John 3:1717 votes
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?
Matthew 5:4416 votes
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;
1 John 4:816 votes
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Jeremiah 31:314 votes
The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
1 Corinthians 13:4-814 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 7:1-512 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 John 4:1612 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 8:3511 votes
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
1 Peter 4:811 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Leviticus 19:1810 votes
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
What does the Bible say about loving unconditionally?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 on the subject of loving unconditionally. Across 706 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 John 4:18, Luke 6:27, John 3:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.