What does the Bible say about Loving One Another?
Discover the best Bible Verses about loving others in this collection of scripture quotes. In John 13:34, Jesus said, "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."
1 John 4:20 ~ If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
John 13:34-35 ~ 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 12:10 ~ Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
1 John 4:7-10 ~ 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. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Romans 13:8 ~ Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
1 John 4:11 ~ Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 3:18 ~ Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
If you find it difficult or seemingly impossible to love others (or a particular person), remember that God truly loves you and everyone. May these Bible verses about loving others inspire you to forgive and love others as God loves you!
Read more Bible verses in our collection below:
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16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.
34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
11 For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.
8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.
13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh ; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
31 Do to others as you would have them do to you. 32 "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
18 " 'Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
