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17 Catholic Bible Verses About Love

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  • The Catechism of the Catholic Church calls love of God and neighbour charity and defines it as loving God above all things and one’s neighbour as oneself for the love of God (CCC 1822).
  • Asked which is the great commandment in the law, Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 6:5 and adds “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” as the second (Matthew 22:37-39).
  • 1 John 4 says “God is love” twice (verses 8 and 16) and defines love by God sending his Son “to be the expiation for our sins.”
  • John 14:15 and 1 John 5:3 tie love for God to keeping his commandments.
  • 1 Corinthians 13:13 ranks love above faith and hope, and the Catechism quotes it in calling charity the first of the theological virtues (CCC 1826).

Scripture says that God is love, and that loving him and loving one’s neighbour are the two greatest commandments. Those two statements come from 1 John 4:8 and from Jesus’ answer in Matthew 22:37-39. God showed his love by sending his Son (John 3:16), and Jesus told his disciples to love one another as he had loved them (John 13:34-35). Catholic teaching calls love of God and neighbour charity. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines it as “the theological…

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Scripture quotations are from the Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 1822-1829, “Charity.” vatican.va

Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1844: “Charity, the form of all the virtues, ‘binds everything together in perfect harmony’ (Col 3:14).” vatican.va

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