Bible Verses About True Love
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for true love, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 628 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 13:4-6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about True Love
1 Corinthians 13:4-689 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 John 4:870 votes
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Romans 8:38-3953 votes
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
John 14:1543 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 15:536 votes
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Galatians 5:1335 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.
John 3:1633 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.
Romans 5:832 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
John 13:34-3525 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 3:323 votes
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
John 6:28-2922 votes
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
Matthew 6:2421 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
1 Corinthians 13:1321 votes
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Genesis 29:18-2017 votes
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
1 Corinthians 11:1-3417 votes
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Psalms 150:1-616 votes
Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Song of Songs 2:715 votes
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Song of Songs 2:214 votes
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
1 Corinthians 13:4-813 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 John 3:16-2012 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.
1 John 5:1311 votes
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Ephesians 5:2510 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
What does the Bible say about true love?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 13:4-6 on the subject of true love. Across 628 votes, 22 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 John 4:8, Romans 8:38-39, John 14:15. This page lists all 22 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.