The Bible says more than that God loves. It says “God is love” (1 John 4:8). Its love verses describe both how God loves you and how to love the people around you. Here is one for today.
A verse for you
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Love described in actions: patient, kind, not proud, keeping no record of wrongs.
KJVCharity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Love described in actions: patient, kind, not proud, keeping no record of wrongs.
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.
The heart of the Gospel in one sentence: God loved the world and gave His Son.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Nothing in life or death can separate you from the love of God in Christ.
We love him, because he first loved us.
Every love we give starts with this: He loved us first.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Love comes from God, because God Himself is love.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
The greatest love is the one that gives itself for its friends.
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Love is what ties every other virtue together.
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Love deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.
Biblical love starts with God, not with us: “We love him, because he first loved us.” John 3:16 shows the size of that love: God gave His only Son. Romans 8 shows its strength: nothing in life or death can separate you from it.
From there, love becomes a way of acting. 1 Corinthians 13 does not describe a feeling; it lists behavior. Love is patient, kind, not envious, not proud, does not keep score. The KJV calls it “charity”: love that gives.
Jesus made love the mark of His followers: “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”
John 3:16 about God’s love, and 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, “love is patient, love is kind,” about how we love each other.
1 Corinthians 13 defines it in actions: patient, kind, humble, forgiving, never failing. 1 John 4:8 says its source: “God is love.”
In 1611 “charity” meant self-giving love, translating the Greek “agape.” Modern translations say “love.”