Love is worth fighting for, and the Bible shows us how to do it with grace and strength. Today, we’ll learn from Scriptures that teach about pursuing love in the way God intended.
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Bible Verses About Fighting For Love
1 Corinthians 13:4-5 – Love requires patience and kindness even in struggles
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” – 1 Corinthians 13:4-5
Song of Solomon 8:6-7 – True love is powerful and cannot be quenched
“Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away.” – Song of Solomon 8:6-7
Romans 8:38-39 – Nothing can separate us from God’s love
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 8:38-39
Ephesians 5:25 – Husbands are called to love sacrificially
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” – Ephesians 5:25
1 John 4:7-8 – Love originates from God
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” – 1 John 4:7-8
John 15:12-13 – Genuine love is shown through selflessness
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” – John 15:12-13
Colossians 3:14 – Love binds us together perfectly
“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” – Colossians 3:14
Philippians 2:3-4 – Fighting for love involves humility
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” – Philippians 2:3-4
1 Peter 4:8 – Love covers a multitude of sins
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” – 1 Peter 4:8
Matthew 5:44 – We must love even our enemies
“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” – Matthew 5:44
Proverbs 10:12 – Love promotes forgiveness
“Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.” – Proverbs 10:12
1 John 3:18 – Love is shown through our actions
“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” – 1 John 3:18
Galatians 5:22-23 – Love is a fruit of the Spirit
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” – Galatians 5:22-23
Matthew 19:6 – Love creates a sacred bond
“So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” – Matthew 19:6
James 1:19-20 – Be slow to anger in matters of love
“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.” – James 1:19-20
Hebrews 10:24-25 – Encouraging love among one another
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” – Hebrews 10:24-25
Psalm 85:10 – Love and faithfulness come together
“Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.” – Psalm 85:10
Ephesians 4:2-3 – Love promotes unity
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” – Ephesians 4:2-3
John 13:34-35 – Love is the mark of discipleship
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another.” – John 13:34-35
Romans 13:10 – Love fulfills the law
“Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” – Romans 13:10
1 John 4:19 – We love because He first loved us
“We love because he first loved us.” – 1 John 4:19
Matthew 22:37-39 – Loving God and neighbors is essential
“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” – Matthew 22:37-39
1 Thessalonians 3:12 – Love is meant to abound
“May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.” – 1 Thessalonians 3:12
Mark 12:31 – Love your neighbor as yourself
“The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” – Mark 12:31
1 Corinthians 16:14 – Let all we do be in love
“Do everything in love.” – 1 Corinthians 16:14
Galatians 6:2 – Carry each other’s burdens in love
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” – Galatians 6:2
2 Corinthians 5:14 – Christ’s love compels us to act
“For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.” – 2 Corinthians 5:14
Matthew 7:12 – Treat others with love
“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” – Matthew 7:12
Proverbs 17:17 – Friends show love during adversity
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” – Proverbs 17:17