Bible Verses About Real Love
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for real love, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 96,986 votes, led by Romans 5:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Real Love
Romans 5:52,996 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.
John 13:342,704 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Romans 13:102,668 votes
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
1 John 5:32,649 votes
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
1 John 4:82,239 votes
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
1 Corinthians 13:51,997 votes
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
John 3:161,964 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 6:55-591,964 votes
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
John 15:131,938 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Revelation 1:11,898 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
John 14:151,808 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
1 Corinthians 13:131,666 votes
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Matthew 12:36-371,628 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Romans 5:81,611 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
1 Corinthians 7:10-111,326 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Galatians 5:221,322 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
1 Peter 4:81,322 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
John 13:34-351,315 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Galatians 5:131,291 votes
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Romans 8:38-391,290 votes
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
1 Corinthians 16:141,290 votes
Let all your things be done with charity.
1 John 4:191,289 votes
We love him, because he first loved us.
1 John 4:161,273 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.
1 John 4:71,263 votes
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
John 13:351,240 votes
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
What does the Bible say about real love?
Readers most often cite Romans 5:5 on the subject of real love. Across 96,986 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including John 13:34, Romans 13:10, 1 John 5:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.