What does the Bible say about being in love?
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The Bible teaches that love is a good gift from God, but it must be shaped by holiness, faithfulness, and self-giving care rather than mere feeling or desire. In 1 Corinthians 13:4-6, love is patient, kind, truthful, and unwilling to rejoice in wrongdoing. Song of Solomon celebrates the beauty and exclusiveness of covenant love, while Proverbs 31:10 honors godly character as more precious than outward attraction. Christians should pursue love with prayerful dependence on God, as Matthew 7:7 teaches, and with purity, remembering that God provides a way of escape from temptation (1 Corinthians 10:13). Above all, love should reflect Christ and seek the other person's spiritual good.
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- Matthew 7:7 22 votes
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
- 1 Corinthians 14:1 18 votes
Follow after love and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-6 16 votes
Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
- Song of Solomon 2:2 10 votes
As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
- Proverbs 31:10 8 votes
Who can find a worthy woman? For her value is far above rubies.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 7 votes
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
- 1 John 1:9 7 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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