Bible Verses about “selfless love”
The Bible contains 28 verses about selfless love across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“‹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.›”
“¶ Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”
“Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;”
“Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
“Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;”
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”
“¶ Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall vanish away.”
“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.”
“And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”
“¶ 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.”
“[Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”
“For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.”
“Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.”
“‹Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.›”
“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:”
“My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.”
“That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;”
“And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”
“But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:”
“Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:”
“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:”
“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.”
“‹Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.›”
“‹But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;›”
“‹And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:›”