1 Corinthians 16:14
New King James Version
14 (A)Let all that you do be done with love.
Read full chapter
John 13:34-35
New King James Version
34 (A)A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 (B)By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Read full chapter
1 Peter 4:8
New King James Version
8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for (A)“love will cover a multitude of sins.”
Read full chapter
1 Timothy 1:5
New King James Version
5 Now (A)the purpose of the commandment is love (B)from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from [a]sincere faith,
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Timothy 1:5 Lit. unhypocritical
1 John 4:7-8
New King James Version
Knowing God Through Love(A)
7 (B)Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who (C)loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
Read full chapter
Galatians 5:13-14
New King James Version
1 Corinthians 12:31-14:1
New King James Version
31 But (A)earnestly desire the [a]best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.
The Greatest Gift
13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of (B)prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, (C)so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And (D)though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body [b]to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4 (E)Love suffers long and is (F)kind; love (G)does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not [c]puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, (H)does not seek its own, is not provoked, [d]thinks no evil; 6 (I)does not rejoice in iniquity, but (J)rejoices in the truth; 7 (K)bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 (L)For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is [e]perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For (M)now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then (N)face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Prophecy and Tongues
14 Pursue love, and (O)desire spiritual gifts, (P)but especially that you may prophesy.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 12:31 NU greater
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 NU so I may boast
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 arrogant
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 keeps no accounts of evil
- 1 Corinthians 13:10 complete
1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
New King James Version
A Brotherly and Orderly Life
9 But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for (A)you yourselves are taught by God (B)to love one another; 10 and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, (C)that you increase more and more;
Read full chapter
Galatians 5:22
New King James Version
22 But (A)the fruit of the Spirit is (B)love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, (C)goodness, (D)faithfulness,
Read full chapter
Romans 13:8-10
New King James Version
Love Your Neighbor(A)
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for (B)he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, (C)“You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” [a]“You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, (D)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore (E)love is the fulfillment of the law.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Romans 13:9 NU omits “You shall not bear false witness,”
John 15:17
New King James Version
17 These things I command you, that you love one another.
Read full chapter
2 Peter 1:7
New King James Version
7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and (A)to brotherly kindness love.
Read full chapter
Hebrews 13:4
New King James Version
4 (A)Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; (B)but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Read full chapter
Ephesians 4:1-3
New King James Version
Walk in Unity
4 I, therefore, the prisoner [a]of the Lord, [b]beseech you to (A)walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit (B)in the bond of peace.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Ephesians 4:1 Lit. in
- Ephesians 4:1 exhort, encourage
1 Corinthians 8:1
New King James Version
Be Sensitive to Conscience
8 Now (A)concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have (B)knowledge. (C)Knowledge [a]puffs up, but love [b]edifies.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Corinthians 8:1 makes arrogant
- 1 Corinthians 8:1 builds up
Romans 14:15
New King James Version
15 Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. (A)Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died.
Read full chapter
2 Thessalonians 1:3
New King James Version
God’s Final Judgment and Glory
3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,
Read full chapter
1 Thessalonians 3:6
New King James Version
Encouraged by Timothy
6 (A)But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always have good remembrance of us, greatly desiring to see us, (B)as we also to see you—
Read full chapter
Philippians 2:1-3
New King James Version
Unity Through Humility
2 Therefore if there is any [a]consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any (A)affection and mercy, 2 (B)fulfill my joy (C)by being like-minded, having the same love, being of (D)one accord, of one mind. 3 (E)Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but (F)in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Philippians 2:1 Or encouragement
1 Thessalonians 3:12
New King James Version
12 And may the Lord make you increase and (A)abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you,
Read full chapterScripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.