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ἀγάπη agapē

“love” · 116 times in the New Testament

Through the Bible

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  • “love” 109
  • “love is” 2
  • “it” 1
  • “love you” 1
  • “beloved” 1
  • other ways 2
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Matthew1
Luke1
John7
Romans9
1 Corinthians14
2 Corinthians9
Galatians3
Ephesians10
Philippians4
Colossians5
1 Thessalonians5
2 Thessalonians3
1 Timothy5
2 Timothy4
Titus1
Philemon3
Hebrews2
1 Peter3
2 Peter1
1 John18
2 John2
3 John1
Jude3
Revelation2

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. love109
  2. love is2
  3. beloved1
  4. it1
  5. love feasts1
  6. love you1
  7. put on love1

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“love” 109
  • Matthew 1

    • 24:12 …multiplication of wickedness the love of most will grow…
  • Luke 1

    • 11:42 …disregard justice and the love of God You should…
  • John 7

    • 5:42 …do not have the love of God within you…
    • 13:35 …are My disciples if you love one another…
    • 15:9 …you Remain in My love
    • 15:10 …will remain in My love just as I have…
    • 15:10 …and remain in His love
    • 15:13 …Greater love has no one than…
    • 17:26 …known so that the love You have for Me…
  • Romans 8

    • 5:5 …has poured out His love into our hearts through…
    • 5:8 …But God proves His love for us in this…
    • 8:35 …separate us from the love of Christ Shall trouble…
    • 8:39 …separate us from the love of God that is…
    • 12:9 Love must be sincere Detest…
    • 13:10 Love does no wrong to…
    • 14:15 …no longer acting in love Do not by your…
    • 15:30 …Christ and by the love of the Spirit to…
  • 1 Corinthians 13

    • 4:21 …a rod or in love and with a gentle…
    • 8:1 …Knowledge puffs up but love builds up…
    • 13:1 …angels but have not love I am only a…
    • 13:2 …mountains but have not love I am nothing…
    • 13:3 …body but have not love I gain nothing…
    • 13:4 Love is patient love is…
    • 13:4 …Love is patient love is kind It does…
    • 13:8 Love never fails But where…
    • 13:13 …three remain faith hope and love but the greatest of…
    • 13:13 …greatest of these is love
    • 14:1 …Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual…
    • 16:14 …Do everything in love
    • 16:24 …My love be with all of…
  • 2 Corinthians 8

    • 2:8 …urge you to reaffirm your love for him…
    • 5:14 …For Christ’s love compels us because we…
    • 6:6 …Spirit and in sincere love
    • 8:7 …earnestness and in the love we inspired in you…
    • 8:8 …the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of…
    • 8:24 …the proof of your love and the reason for…
    • 13:11 …peace And the God of love and peace will be…
    • 13:14 …Jesus Christ and the love of God and the…
  • Galatians 3

    • 5:6 …faith expressing itself through love
    • 5:13 …serve one another in love
    • 5:22 …of the Spirit is love joy peace patience kindness…
  • Ephesians 10

    • 1:4 …in His presence In love
    • 1:15 …Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints…
    • 2:4 …because of His great love for us God who…
    • 3:17 …rooted and grounded in love
    • 3:19 of the love of Christ and to…
    • 4:2 …with one another in love
    • 4:15 …speaking the truth in love we will in all…
    • 4:16 …builds itself up in love through the work of…
    • 5:2 …and walk in love just as Christ loved…
    • 6:23 …to the brothers and love with faith from God…
  • Philippians 4

    • 1:9 …my prayer that your love may abound more and…
    • 1:16 …latter do so in love knowing that I am…
    • 2:1 …Christ if any comfort from His love if any fellowship with…
    • 2:2 …minded having the same love being united in spirit…
  • Colossians 3

    • 1:4 …Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints…
    • 1:8 …informed us of your love in the Spirit…
    • 2:2 …heart knit together in love and filled with the…
  • 1 Thessalonians 5

    • 1:3 …of faith your labor of love and your enduring hope…
    • 3:6 …about your faith your love and the fond memories…
    • 3:12 …to increase and overflow with love for one another and…
    • 5:8 …breastplate of faith and love and the helmet of…
    • 5:13 …In love hold them in highest…
  • 2 Thessalonians 3

    • 1:3 …and more and your love for one another is…
    • 2:10 …because they refused the love of the truth that…
    • 3:5 …your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance…
  • 1 Timothy 5

    • 1:5 …of our instruction is the love that comes from a…
    • 1:14 …with the faith and love that are in Christ…
    • 2:15 …they continue in faith love and holiness with self…
    • 4:12 …speech in conduct in love in faith in purity…
    • 6:11 …pursue righteousness godliness faith love perseverance and gentleness…
  • 2 Timothy 4

    • 1:7 …fear but of power love and self control…
    • 1:13 …with the faith and love that are in Christ…
    • 2:22 …and pursue righteousness faith love and peace together with…
    • 3:10 …faith my patience my love my perseverance…
  • Titus 1

    • 2:2 …and sound in faith love and perseverance…
  • Philemon 3

    • 1:5 …Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints…
    • 1:7 …and encouragement in your love because you brother have…
    • 1:9 …on the basis of love For I Paul am…
  • Hebrews 1

    • 6:10 …your work and the love you have shown for…

And 29 more, on the full page.

“love is” 2
  • Romans 1

    • 13:10 …to its neighbor Therefore love is the fulfillment of the…
  • 1 John 1

    • 3:16 …this we know what love is Jesus laid down His…
“it” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 13:4 …patient love is kind It does not envy it…
“love you” 1
  • 2 Corinthians 1

    • 2:4 …you know how much I love you
“beloved” 1
  • Colossians 1

    • 1:13 …the kingdom of His beloved Son…
“put on love” 1
  • Colossians 1

    • 3:14 …over all these virtues put on love which is the bond…
“love feasts” 1
  • Jude 1

    • 1:12 …hidden reefs in your love feasts shamelessly feasting with you…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.