What were the top Bible passages on Bible Gateway? We’ve crunched the numbers (based on visitor data from 2009) to determine the 25 most popular Bible passages of 2009.

The most popular passage was 1 Corinthians 13, the famous chapter defining love. Here’s the complete list, in descending order of popularity:

1. 1 Corinthians 13
2. Psalm 23
3. Genesis 1
4. John 3:16
5. Romans 8
6. Psalm 91
7. Matthew 5
8. John 1
9. Matthew 6
10. James 1
11. John 14
12. Romans 12
13. Jeremiah 29:11
14. Philippians 4
15. Psalm 1
16. Psalm 139
17. Ephesians 4
18. 1 Corinthians 1:31
19. Romans 1
20. John 3
21. Ephesians 1
22. Ephesians 5
23. Luke 1
24. Matthew 1
25. 1 Peter 1

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