Bible Verses About Love to Memorize

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Love memory verses

"So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love." I Corinthians 13:13

1. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

   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.

2. 1 Corinthians 13:13

   So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

3. 1 John 2:10

   Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.

4. 1 John 3:18

   Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

5. 1 John 4:7-8

   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.

6. 1 John 4:12

   No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

7. 1 John 4:19

   We love because he first loved us.

8. 1 John 4:21

   And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.

9. 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.

10. John 15:9

    As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.

11. Matthew 5:43-44

    You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

12. Matthew 22:37-39

    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."

13. Proverbs 17:17

    A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

14. Romans 12:9-10

    Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.

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