What Does the Bible Say About Love — Meaning Explained
The Bible teaches that God is love, that He demonstrated love by sending His Son, and that love for God and neighbor is the greatest commandment.
The Bible teaches that God is love, that He demonstrated love by sending His Son, and that love for God and neighbor is the greatest commandment.
"He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." — 1 John 4:8 (KJV)
What "What Does the Bible Say About Love?" Actually Means
Love is the defining characteristic of God (1 John 4:8) and the supreme virtue of the Christian life. Jesus identified the greatest commandments as loving God with all your heart and loving your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:37-39). Paul's hymn to love in 1 Corinthians 13 describes its qualities: patient, kind, not envious, not proud, enduring all things. God's love is demonstrated supremely in sending Christ to die for sinners (John 3:16, Romans 5:8). Believers are called to love one another as Christ loved them (John 13:34-35), and this love is the evidence of true discipleship. Love fulfills the entire law (Romans 13:10).
Anchor Verses (KJV)
1 John 4:8
"He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."
John 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."
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