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What Does the Bible Say About Real Love?

Here are 14 Bible verses about real love, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Romans 5:5

    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.

    BSBAnd hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

  2. #2John 13:34

    A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

    BSBA new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

  3. #3Romans 13:10

    Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

    BSBLove does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

  4. #41 John 5:3

    For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

    BSBFor this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

  5. #51 John 4:8

    He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

    BSBWhoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

  6. #61 Corinthians 13:5

    Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

    BSBIt is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.

  7. #7John 3:16

    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.

    BSBFor God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

  8. #8John 6:55-59

    For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

    BSBFor My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.” Jesus said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

  9. #9John 15:13

    Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

    BSBGreater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

  10. #10Revelation 1:1

    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:

    BSBThis is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

  11. #11John 14:15

    If ye love me, keep my commandments.

    BSBIf you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

  12. #121 Corinthians 13:13

    And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

    BSBAnd now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

  13. #13Matthew 12:36-37

    But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

    BSBBut I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

  14. #14Romans 5:8

    But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

    BSBBut God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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