loving others
What does the Bible say about loving others? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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34I give you a new commandment: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also must you love one another.
8You should owe nothing to anyone, except so as to love one another. For whoever loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
13But for now, these three continue: faith, hope, and charity. And the greatest of these is charity.
8But, before all things, have a constant mutual charity among yourselves. For love covers a multitude of sins.
16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
11Most beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12Hatred rises up from disputes. And charity covers all offenses.
14Let all that is yours be immersed in charity.
43You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and you shall have hatred for your enemy.’ 44But I say to you: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. And pray for those who persecute and slander you. 45In this way, you shall be sons of your Father, who is in heaven. He causes his sun to rise upon the good and the bad, and he causes it to rain upon the just and the unjust. 46For if you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Do not even tax collectors behave this way? 47And if you greet only your brothers, what more have you done? Do not even the pagans behave this way? 48Therefore, be perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
32And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.
17Whoever is a friend loves at all times. And a brother is proved by distress.
13No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.