What Does The Bible Say About Agape? (35 Bible Verses)
Love—unconditional, sacrificial, and boundless—is at the heart of the Christian faith, but what does the Bible say about this divine love? Join us as we dive into scripture to uncover the profound depths of agape love and its transformative power to heal, restore, and unite humanity in the embrace of God’s unfailing love.
What Does The Bible Say About Agape
John 3:16 – God’s Unconditional Love
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
1 John 4:8 – God is Love
“Anyone who does not love does not know God because God is love.”
1 Corinthians 16:14 – Do Everything in Love
“Let all that you do be done in love.”
Romans 13:10 – Love Fulfills the Law
“Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 – The Characteristics of Agape Love
“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
Ephesians 5:2 – Walk in Love
“And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”
Galatians 5:22 – The Fruit of the Spirit: Love
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.”
Matthew 22:37-39 – The Greatest Commandments
“And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
Colossians 3:14 – Put on Love
“And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”
1 Peter 1:22 – Love One Another Earnestly
“Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.”
Proverbs 10:12 – Love Covers All Offenses
“Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.”
1 Corinthians 16:14 – Do Everything in Love
“Let all that you do be done in love.”
1 John 4:19 – We Love Because He First Loved Us
“We love because he first loved us.”
Romans 12:9 – Let Love Be Genuine
“Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.”
Colossians 3:23 – Work Heartily, as for the Lord
“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.”
1 Peter 4:8 – Above All, Keep Loving One Another
“Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”
John 13:34-35 – A New Commandment
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Romans 13:8 – Owe No One Anything, Except Love
“Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.”
1 John 4:11 – God Sent His Son as an Example of Love
“Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”
John 15:9-13 – Jesus’ Command to Love
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”
1 John 3:11 – Love One Another
“For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.”
Romans 13:10 – Love Is the Fulfillment of the Law
“Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law.”
1 John 4:7 – Love Comes from God
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.”
1 John 4:16 – God Is Love
“So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and anyone who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in them.”
1 Corinthians 14:1 – Pursue Love
“Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.”
Matthew 5:44 – Love Your Enemies
“But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”
Matthew 22:39 – Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Galatians 5:13 – Through Love Serve One Another
“For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.”
James 2:8 – Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
“If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing well.”
Luke 6:35 – Love Your Enemies
“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.”
Romans 12:10 – Outdo One Another in Showing Honor
“Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.”
Hebrews 13:1-2 – Let Brotherly Love Continue
“Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
1 Thessalonians 4:9 – Love One Another More and More
“Now concerning brotherly love, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.”
1 John 4:18 – Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.”
Proverbs 3:3-4 – Write Love on Your Heart
“Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.”
1 Peter 3:8 – Have Unity of Mind, Sympathy, Brotherly Love
“Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.”
1 Peter 1:22-23 – Love One Another Earnestly
“Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God.”
1 Corinthians 13:13 – The Greatest of These is Love
“So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
1 Corinthians 16:14 – Do Everything in Love
“Let all that you do be done in love.”
1 John 4:7-8 – God is Love, Love One Another
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
1 Peter 4:8 – Above All, Keep Loving One Another
“Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”
Colossians 3:14 – Put on Love
“And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”
1 Thessalonians 3:12 – Abound in Love for One Another
“And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you.”
