Many people speak about love as a kind of positive, subjective feeling. The Bible shows us that God’s love is far more than that. It is strong, it is eternal, it motivates God’s acts of salvation. We collected 10 Bible quotes that give you a glimpse of God’s love for humans.
1. Isaiah 54:8
“In overflowing anger for a moment I hid My face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer.”
2. Jeremiah 31:3
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued My faithfulness to you.”
3. John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”
4. John 13:1
“Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.”
5. John 15:9
“As the Father has loved Me [=Jesus], so have I loved you. Abide in My love.”
6. John 16:27
“The Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.”
7. Ephesians 1:4-5
“In love he predestined us for adoption to Himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of His will”
8. 1 John 3:16
“By this we know love, that he [=Jesus Christ] laid down his life for us”
9. 1 John 4:10
“In this is love, not that we have loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”
10. Revelation 1:5-6
“To Him Who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood and made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”