Bible Verses About Our First Love
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for our first love, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,687 votes, led by Revelation 2:4-5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Our First Love
Revelation 2:4-5153 votes
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Revelation 2:4152 votes
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Revelation 2:1-7150 votes
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
1 John 4:8117 votes
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
John 3:1693 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.
Revelation 2:575 votes
Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
1 Peter 1:2273 votes
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
John 15:1368 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 13:3567 votes
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Mark 12:3062 votes
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.
Matthew 24:1260 votes
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Revelation 2:1-2957 votes
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
Matthew 22:3754 votes
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
2 Peter 3:949 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Romans 10:948 votes
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
1 John 4:1947 votes
We love him, because he first loved us.
Romans 5:845 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
1 Corinthians 13:1-1345 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.
Psalms 23:1-544 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Romans 12:1-243 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
1 Corinthians 13:1341 votes
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Hebrews 10:2440 votes
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
1 John 4:734 votes
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Revelation 19:733 votes
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
John 6:4732 votes
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
What does the Bible say about our first love?
Readers most often cite Revelation 2:4-5 on the subject of our first love. Across 2,687 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Revelation 2:4, Revelation 2:1-7, 1 John 4:8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.