Bible Verses About Love

Love is the thread that runs through the whole Bible. These are the verses people return to most — on the love of God, the love that holds a marriage together, and the patient, selfless love we're called to show one another.

1. 1 Corinthians 13:4

   Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

   爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈；爱是不嫉妒；爱是不自夸，不张狂，

   ài shì héng jiǔ rěn nài ， yòu yǒu ēn cí ； ài shì bù jí dù ； ài shì bú zì kuā ， bù zhāng kuáng ，

2. 1 Corinthians 13:13

   But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

   如今常存的有信，有望，有爱这三样，其中最大的是爱。

   rú jīn cháng cún de yǒu xìn ， yǒu wàng ， yǒu ài zhè sān yàng ， qí zhōng zuì dà de shì ài 。

3. John 3:16

   For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

   「 神爱世人，甚至将他的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信他的，不致灭亡，反得永生。

   「 shén ài shì rén ， shèn zhì jiāng tā de dú shēng zǐ cì gěi tā men ， jiào yí qiè xìn tā de ， bú zhì miè wáng ， fǎn dé yǒng shēng 。

4. John 13:34

   A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.

   我赐给你们一条新命令，乃是叫你们彼此相爱；我怎样爱你们，你们也要怎样相爱。

   wǒ cì gěi nǐ men yì tiáo xīn mìng lìng ， nǎi shì jiào nǐ men bǐ cǐ xiāng ài ； wǒ zěn yàng ài nǐ men ， nǐ men yě yào zěn yàng xiāng ài 。

5. Romans 5:8

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

   惟有基督在我们还作罪人的时候为我们死， 神的爱就在此向我们显明了。

   wéi yǒu jī dū zài wǒ men hái zuò zuì rén de shí hòu wèi wǒ men sǐ ， shén de ài jiù zài cǐ xiàng wǒ men xiǎn míng le 。

6. 1 John 4:8

   He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

   没有爱心的，就不认识 神，因为 神就是爱。

   méi yǒu ài xīn de ， jiù bú rèn shi shén ， yīn wèi shén jiù shì ài 。

7. 1 John 4:19

   We love him, because he first loved us.

   我们爱，因为 神先爱我们。

   wǒ men ài ， yīn wèi shén xiān ài wǒ men 。

8. 1 Peter 4:8

   And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

   最要紧的是彼此切实相爱，因为爱能遮掩许多的罪。

   zuì yào jǐn de shì bǐ cǐ qiè shí xiāng ài ， yīn wèi ài néng zhē yǎn xǔ duō de zuì 。

9. Ephesians 5:25

   Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,

   你们作丈夫的，要爱你们的妻子，正如基督爱教会，为教会舍己。

   nǐ men zuò zhàng fū de ， yào ài nǐ men de qī zǐ ， zhèng rú jī dū ài jiào huì ， wèi jiào huì shè jǐ 。

10. Colossians 3:14

    Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

    在这一切之外，要存着爱心，爱心就是联络全德的。

    zài zhè yí qiè zhī wài ， yào cún zhe ài xīn ， ài xīn jiù shì lián luò quán dé de 。