100 Bible Verses about Unconditional Love

Here are 100 Bible verses about unconditional love, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

John 3:16 KJV

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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Romans 5:8 KJV

⁸ But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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1 John 4:8 KJV

⁸ He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

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1 John 4:16 KJV

¹⁶ And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

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1 John 4:18 KJV

¹⁸ There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

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1 Corinthians 13:4-7 KJV

⁴ Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, ⁵ Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; ⁶ Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; ⁷ Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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1 Peter 4:8 KJV

⁸ And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

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1 John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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1 Corinthians 13:1-13 KJV

¹ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. ² And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. ³ And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body …

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John 15:13 KJV

¹³ Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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Luke 6:27 KJV

²⁷ But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

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Romans 8:35 KJV

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

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Jeremiah 31:3 KJV

³ The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

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1 John 3:1 KJV

¹ Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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1 John 4:9-10 KJV

⁹ In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. ¹⁰ Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

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Matthew 5:43-48 KJV

⁴³ Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. ⁴⁴ But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; ⁴⁵ That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain …

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Ephesians 5:25 KJV

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

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Ephesians 2:8 KJV

⁸ For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

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Romans 12:9-10 KJV

⁹ Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. ¹⁰ Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

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1 Corinthians 13:7 KJV

⁷ Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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1 Corinthians 13:13 KJV

¹³ And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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Titus 3:4-5 KJV

⁴ But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, ⁵ Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

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Proverbs 10:12 KJV

¹² Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

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Colossians 3:14 KJV

¹⁴ And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

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Ephesians 2:4-5 KJV

⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, ⁵ Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

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Galatians 2:20 KJV

²⁰ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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Romans 5:5 KJV

⁵ And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

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1 John 4:19 KJV

¹⁹ We love him, because he first loved us.

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Romans 3:23 KJV

²³ For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

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John 15:12 KJV

¹² This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

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Proverbs 17:17 KJV

¹⁷ A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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John 14:21 KJV

²¹ He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

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John 13:34-35 KJV

³⁴ A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. ³⁵ By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

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1 Corinthians 13:4-8 KJV

⁴ Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, ⁵ Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; ⁶ Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; ⁷ Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. …

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Zephaniah 3:17 KJV

¹⁷ The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

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1 Corinthians 16:14 KJV

¹⁴ Let all your things be done with charity.

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Isaiah 49:15-16 KJV

¹⁵ Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. ¹⁶ Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

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1 John 4:7-11 KJV

⁷ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. ⁸ He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. ⁹ In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. ¹⁰ Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he …

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Romans 8:37-39 KJV

³⁷ Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. ³⁸ For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, ³⁹ Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Psalm 52:8 KJV

⁸ But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

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Mark 12:31 KJV

³¹ And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

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John 15:9 KJV

⁹ As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

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1 Timothy 1:5 KJV

⁵ Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

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Proverbs 13:24 KJV

²⁴ He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

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Jeremiah 29:11 KJV

¹¹ For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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John 14:23 KJV

²³ Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

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1 John 3:16-18 KJV

¹⁶ Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. ¹⁷ But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? ¹⁸ My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

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Matthew 22:37-39 KJV

³⁷ Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. ³⁸ This is the first and great commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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Ephesians 5:2 KJV

² And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

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1 Corinthians 13:1 KJV

¹ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

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2 Timothy 1:7 KJV

⁷ For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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Philippians 2:1 KJV

¹ If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

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2 Corinthians 5:14 KJV

¹⁴ For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

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1 Corinthians 13:4 KJV

⁴ Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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Romans 8:38-39 KJV

³⁸ For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, ³⁹ Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Romans 8:35-39 KJV

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶ As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. ³⁷ Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. ³⁸ For I am persuaded, that …

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1 John 4:12 KJV

¹² No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

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John 13:34 KJV

³⁴ A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

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John 17:23 KJV

²³ I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

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Luke 6:35 KJV

³⁵ But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

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1 John 2:5 KJV

⁵ But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

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1 John 4:7 KJV

⁷ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

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Deuteronomy 7:9 KJV

⁹ Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

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Romans 8:28 KJV

²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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Romans 8:38 KJV

³⁸ For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

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1 John 4:10-11 KJV

¹⁰ Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. ¹¹ Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

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Ephesians 2:4 KJV

⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

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Ephesians 3:15-19 KJV

¹⁵ Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, ¹⁶ That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; ¹⁷ That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, ¹⁸ May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, …

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Song of Solomon 8:7 KJV

⁷ Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

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1 John 4:9 KJV

⁹ In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

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Psalm 36:5-7 KJV

⁵ Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. ⁶ Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. ⁷ How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

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Ephesians 1:6 KJV

⁶ To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

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Ephesians 2:3 KJV

³ Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

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Deuteronomy 4:37 KJV

³⁷ And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

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Ephesians 3:17-19 KJV

¹⁷ That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, ¹⁸ May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; ¹⁹ And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

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James 2:8 KJV

⁸ If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

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Song of Solomon 8:6 KJV

⁶ Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

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1 Timothy 1:7 KJV

⁷ Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

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Colossians 1:1-29 KJV

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, ² To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ³ We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, ⁴ Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, …

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Ephesians 5:33 KJV

³³ Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

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Deuteronomy 7:7-8 KJV

⁷ The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: ⁸ But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

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. ¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Ephesians 5:6 KJV

⁶ Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

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2 Thessalonians 3:5 KJV

⁵ And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

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John 15:17 KJV

¹⁷ These things I command you, that ye love one another.

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John 3:36 KJV

³⁶ He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

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Colossians 2:15 KJV

¹⁵ And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

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Psalm 23:1-6 KJV

¹ The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. ² He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. ³ He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. ⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. …

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Romans 13:8 KJV

⁸ Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

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1 John 4:7-8 KJV

⁷ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. ⁸ He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

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Ephesians 4:2 KJV

² With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

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Exodus 20:6 KJV

⁶ And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

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Romans 8:37 KJV

³⁷ Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

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2 Corinthians 13:14 KJV

¹⁴ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

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1 John 5:2 KJV

² By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

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Romans 12:9 KJV

⁹ Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

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John 13:23 KJV

²³ Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

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Revelation 1:5 KJV

⁵ And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

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Song of Solomon 4:10 KJV

¹⁰ How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

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Leviticus 19:18 KJV

¹⁸ Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

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