What Does the Bible Say About Faith And Love? (2024)

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1 Corinthians 13:13ESV / 39 helpful votes Hebrews 11:6ESV / 29 helpful votes John 3:16ESV / 29 helpful votes Hebrews 11:1ESV / 28 helpful votes Galatians 2:20ESV / 27 helpful votes Romans 15:13ESV / 25 helpful votes Romans 10:17ESV / 25 helpful votes 2 Corinthians 5:7ESV / 23 helpful votes 1 Thessalonians 1:3ESV / 22 helpful votes Ephesians 2:8-9ESV / 22 helpful votes Romans 1:17ESV / 22 helpful votes James 2:17ESV / 21 helpful votes Galatians 5:6ESV / 20 helpful votes 1 Corinthians 13:2ESV / 20 helpful votes 1 John 4:16ESV / 19 helpful votes Hebrews 11:1-40ESV / 19 helpful votes Colossians 3:14ESV / 19 helpful votes 1 Corinthians 13:1-13ESV / 19 helpful votes Mark 11:24ESV / 19 helpful votes James 1:6ESV / 18 helpful votes James 1:3ESV / 18 helpful votes 1 Corinthians 16:13ESV / 18 helpful votes 1 John 4:19ESV / 17 helpful votes Romans 5:8ESV / 17 helpful votes Mark 9:23ESV / 17 helpful votes Matthew 21:22ESV / 17 helpful votes 1 John 4:18ESV / 16 helpful votes Ephesians 2:8ESV / 16 helpful votes 1 Corinthians 16:14ESV / 16 helpful votes Romans 13:10ESV / 16 helpful votes Romans 5:5ESV / 16 helpful votes John 3:36ESV / 16 helpful votes Mark 10:52ESV / 16 helpful votes Habakkuk 2:4ESV / 16 helpful votes 1 John 4:7ESV / 15 helpful votes John 15:13ESV / 15 helpful votes 1 John 4:8ESV / 14 helpful votes 1 Peter 4:8ESV / 14 helpful votes 1 Timothy 6:11ESV / 14 helpful votes 1 Thessalonians 5:8ESV / 14 helpful votes Romans 13:8ESV / 14 helpful votes Romans 8:28ESV / 14 helpful votes 1 John 5:4ESV / 13 helpful votes 1 Peter 1:8-9ESV / 13 helpful votes Hebrews 12:2ESV / 13 helpful votes Romans 5:2ESV / 13 helpful votes John 15:12ESV / 13 helpful votes Jude 1:20-21ESV / 12 helpful votes 1 John 3:1ESV / 12 helpful votes 1 Peter 1:5-7ESV / 12 helpful votes Hebrews 3:14ESV / 12 helpful votes 1 Timothy 6:12ESV / 12 helpful votes Galatians 5:5ESV / 12 helpful votes John 6:29ESV / 12 helpful votes Luke 8:50ESV / 12 helpful votes Mark 16:16ESV / 12 helpful votes 1 Peter 1:3ESV / 11 helpful votes James 2:19ESV / 11 helpful votes Ephesians 3:16-17ESV / 11 helpful votes Galatians 5:1-6:18ESV / 11 helpful votes Galatians 2:16ESV / 11 helpful votes Romans 10:9ESV / 11 helpful votes Romans 8:24ESV / 11 helpful votes Romans 5:1ESV / 11 helpful votes Acts 16:31ESV / 11 helpful votes John 13:34-35ESV / 11 helpful votes Proverbs 10:12ESV / 11 helpful votes Psalm 119:30ESV / 11 helpful votes 1 John 3:3ESV / 10 helpful votes 1 John 1:9ESV / 10 helpful votes 1 Peter 1:21ESV / 10 helpful votes 1 Peter 1:5ESV / 10 helpful votes James 2:24ESV / 10 helpful votes Hebrews 11:11ESV / 10 helpful votes Hebrews 10:23ESV / 10 helpful votes Ephesians 4:2ESV / 10 helpful votes Romans 8:37ESV / 10 helpful votes Romans 8:24-25ESV / 10 helpful votes John 13:34ESV / 10 helpful votes Mark 11:22-24ESV / 10 helpful votes Isaiah 40:31ESV / 10 helpful votes Psalm 46:10ESV / 10 helpful votes 1 John 4:7-8ESV / 9 helpful votes 1 John 3:21ESV / 9 helpful votes James 5:14-15ESV / 9 helpful votes James 1:1-3:18ESV / 9 helpful votes Hebrews 11:7ESV / 9 helpful votes 2 Timothy 4:7ESV / 9 helpful votes 1 Timothy 6:10ESV / 9 helpful votes 1 Timothy 4:7-8ESV / 9 helpful votes 1 Timothy 3:16ESV / 9 helpful votes Philippians 4:13ESV / 9 helpful votes Ephesians 6:16ESV / 9 helpful votes Ephesians 4:2-3ESV / 9 helpful votes Romans 12:9ESV / 9 helpful votes Romans 12:3ESV / 9 helpful votes John 14:15ESV / 9 helpful votes 1 John 4:11ESV / 8 helpful votes Hebrews 6:10-12ESV / 8 helpful votes Galatians 3:26-27ESV / 8 helpful votes References

1 Corinthians 13:13ESV / 39 helpful votes

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Hebrews 11:6ESV / 29 helpful votes

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

John 3:16ESV / 29 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Hebrews 11:1ESV / 28 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Galatians 2:20ESV / 27 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Romans 15:13ESV / 25 helpful votes

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Romans 10:17ESV / 25 helpful votes

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:7ESV / 23 helpful votes

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

1 Thessalonians 1:3ESV / 22 helpful votes

Remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:8-9ESV / 22 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Romans 1:17ESV / 22 helpful votes

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

James 2:17ESV / 21 helpful votes

So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

Galatians 5:6ESV / 20 helpful votes

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.

1 Corinthians 13:2ESV / 20 helpful votes

And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

1 John 4:16ESV / 19 helpful votes

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

Hebrews 11:1-40ESV / 19 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ...

Colossians 3:14ESV / 19 helpful votes

And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13ESV / 19 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

Mark 11:24ESV / 19 helpful votes

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

James 1:6ESV / 18 helpful votes

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

James 1:3ESV / 18 helpful votes

For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

1 Corinthians 16:13ESV / 18 helpful votes

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

1 John 4:19ESV / 17 helpful votes

We love because he first loved us.

Romans 5:8ESV / 17 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Mark 9:23ESV / 17 helpful votes

And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.”

Matthew 21:22ESV / 17 helpful votes

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

1 John 4:18ESV / 16 helpful votes

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

Ephesians 2:8ESV / 16 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

1 Corinthians 16:14ESV / 16 helpful votes

Let all that you do be done in love.

Romans 13:10ESV / 16 helpful votes

Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Romans 5:5ESV / 16 helpful votes

And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

John 3:36ESV / 16 helpful votes

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Mark 10:52ESV / 16 helpful votes

And Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way.

Habakkuk 2:4ESV / 16 helpful votes

“Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.

1 John 4:7ESV / 15 helpful votes

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

John 15:13ESV / 15 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

1 John 4:8ESV / 14 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 Peter 4:8ESV / 14 helpful votes

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

1 Timothy 6:11ESV / 14 helpful votes

But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

1 Thessalonians 5:8ESV / 14 helpful votes

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

Romans 13:8ESV / 14 helpful votes

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Romans 8:28ESV / 14 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

1 John 5:4ESV / 13 helpful votes

For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

1 Peter 1:8-9ESV / 13 helpful votes

Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

Hebrews 12:2ESV / 13 helpful votes

Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Romans 5:2ESV / 13 helpful votes

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

John 15:12ESV / 13 helpful votes

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

Jude 1:20-21ESV / 12 helpful votes

But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.

1 John 3:1ESV / 12 helpful votes

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

1 Peter 1:5-7ESV / 12 helpful votes

Who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 3:14ESV / 12 helpful votes

For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.

1 Timothy 6:12ESV / 12 helpful votes

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Galatians 5:5ESV / 12 helpful votes

For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

John 6:29ESV / 12 helpful votes

Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

Luke 8:50ESV / 12 helpful votes

But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well.”

Mark 16:16ESV / 12 helpful votes

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

1 Peter 1:3ESV / 11 helpful votes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

James 2:19ESV / 11 helpful votes

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

Ephesians 3:16-17ESV / 11 helpful votes

That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Galatians 5:1-6:18ESV / 11 helpful votes

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. ...

Galatians 2:16ESV / 11 helpful votes

Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Romans 10:9ESV / 11 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 8:24ESV / 11 helpful votes

For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?

Romans 5:1ESV / 11 helpful votes

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 16:31ESV / 11 helpful votes

And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

John 13:34-35ESV / 11 helpful votes

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Proverbs 10:12ESV / 11 helpful votes

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Psalm 119:30ESV / 11 helpful votes

I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me.

1 John 3:3ESV / 10 helpful votes

And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

1 John 1:9ESV / 10 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 Peter 1:21ESV / 10 helpful votes

Who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

1 Peter 1:5ESV / 10 helpful votes

Who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

James 2:24ESV / 10 helpful votes

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

Hebrews 11:11ESV / 10 helpful votes

By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.

Hebrews 10:23ESV / 10 helpful votes

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

Ephesians 4:2ESV / 10 helpful votes

With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Romans 8:37ESV / 10 helpful votes

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Romans 8:24-25ESV / 10 helpful votes

For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

John 13:34ESV / 10 helpful votes

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

Mark 11:22-24ESV / 10 helpful votes

And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Isaiah 40:31ESV / 10 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Psalm 46:10ESV / 10 helpful votes

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

1 John 4:7-8ESV / 9 helpful votes

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 John 3:21ESV / 9 helpful votes

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

James 5:14-15ESV / 9 helpful votes

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

James 1:1-3:18ESV / 9 helpful votes

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. ...

Hebrews 11:7ESV / 9 helpful votes

By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

2 Timothy 4:7ESV / 9 helpful votes

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

1 Timothy 6:10ESV / 9 helpful votes

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

1 Timothy 4:7-8ESV / 9 helpful votes

Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

1 Timothy 3:16ESV / 9 helpful votes

Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

Philippians 4:13ESV / 9 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 6:16ESV / 9 helpful votes

In all circ*mstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;

Ephesians 4:2-3ESV / 9 helpful votes

With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Romans 12:9ESV / 9 helpful votes

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

Romans 12:3ESV / 9 helpful votes

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

John 14:15ESV / 9 helpful votes

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

1 John 4:11ESV / 8 helpful votes

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Hebrews 6:10-12ESV / 8 helpful votes

For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do. And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Galatians 3:26-27ESV / 8 helpful votes

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

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