The Bible describes love as a way of relating to others and to God that is more than just an emotion. It is a gift from God that is the greatest of all gifts, along with faith and hope. The Bible says that love is patient, kind, and forgiving, and that it does not envy, boast, or dishonor others. 

Here are some Bible verses about love:

• 1 Corinthians 13:4–8

  This passage lists eight things love embraces and eight things love resists. It describes love as a way of relating to others that is not based on feelings, but rather on how we respond to situations. 

• John 15:13

  This verse says, "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends". 

• 1 John 4:11

  This verse says, "if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another". 

• Deuteronomy 7:9

  This verse says, "Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments". 

• John 14:21

  This verse says, "Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him".