80+ Best Christian Quotes About Love And Relationships
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Love is the core principle of Christianity, and God is the perfect representation of love.
There are numerous verses about love and relationships in the Holy Bible. Love is influenced by everything God does, and love is a fundamental characteristic of who God is.
God is a perfect source to know what love means and how everyone should be loving and treating others. Christians believe that love is God and God is love.
For those interested in the Christian belief in love, C. S. Lewis writes about four different types of love (empathetic, friendly, romantic, and unconditional love) from a Christian and philosophical perspective in his book 'The Four Loves', published in 1960.
Here are some Christian quotes about love and relationships. For more, do check out these Church quotes and Christian quotes about faith
Inspirational Christian Quotes About Love
Love is the most powerful emotion, and the love Christians have for Christ is a reflection of his love for his followers. Here are a few quotes that inspire you to love.
1.“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.”
―Galatians 5:22.
2."Love is the doorway through which the human soul passes from selfishness to service."
- Jack Hyles.
3.“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity but one of power, love, and self-discipline.”
―2 Timothy 1:7.
4.“The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.”
―Zephaniah 3:17.
5.“How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.”
―Psalm 36:7.
6.“Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.”
―Jude.
7.“You are my God, and I will praise you; you are my God, and I will exalt you. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”
―Psalm 118:28.
8."Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature."
- Rick Warren.
9. "You will never really love until you love someone who hates you."
- Jack Hyles.
10."To love someone means to see him as God intended him."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky.
11."Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul."
- Augustine.
12."Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do."
- David Wilkerson.
13."Faith makes all things possible... love makes all things easy."
- Dwight L. Moody.
14.“I won’t give my heart to another girl until God shows me it’s my wife.”
― Eric Ludy, 'When God Writes Your Love Story'.
15.“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.”
― Saint Augustine.
God Quotes And Faith Quotes By Famous Personalities
Faith in God gives us the sense of balance and strength to believe in ourselves. We have gathered some quotes from famous personalities that will motivate us to love and respect each other here.
16.“I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money.”
-Mother Teresa.
17.“Intense love does not measure, it just gives.”
-Mother Teresa.
18.“Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.”
-Mother Teresa.
19."Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.”
-Mother Teresa.
20."Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness."
-Mother Teresa.
21.“I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?”
-Mother Teresa.
22.“We must trust God with what we can't control.”
― David Jeremiah.
23.“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”
-Martin Luther King Jr.
24.“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
25."God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems."
-Max Lucado.
26."I don't believe our works save us, but I believe they follow us into heaven and bring glory to God."
-Max Lucado.
27."You never know God is all you need until God is all you have."
-Rick Warren.
28."God is love. He didn't need us. But he wanted us."
-Rick Warren.
29."You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense."
-Rick Warren.
30."The only way you can serve God is by serving other people."
-Rick Warren.
31."God’s love is the most powerful love there is. It is a bond that draws us to God and motivates us to serve Him successfully."
-Regina Clarinda, 'Encounter With Jesus Christ'.
32."God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with."
33."God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world."
34.“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”
― C S Lewis.
Christian Quotes About Relationships
A relationship is all about building trust and supporting each other in every situation. Many believe that God created us to be in and form relationship with one another. Find Christian quotes about relationships and the love of God here. Which is your favorite religious love quote?
35.“Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.”
―Charles Swindoll.
36.“Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.”
―Colossians 3:21.
37."A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone."
-Billy Graham.
38. "In biblical thinking, genuine love exists only when good works are done in a context where God rather than the doer gets the credit."
- Daniel Fuller.
39.“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”
―Ephesians 5:25.
40.“You will show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.”
―Micah 7:20.
41.“Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him.”
―1 John 3:18.
42.“Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.”
― C S Lewis,' The Problem Of Pain'.
43.“Do all the good you can; to all the people you can; in all the ways you can; and as long as ever you can.”
― Dwight L. Moody.
44."The chains of love are stronger than the chains of fear."
- William Gurnall.
45."Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love."
- Billy Graham.
46."You can always give without loving, but you can never love without giving."
- Amy Carmichael.
47.“A marriage cannot survive when we think only of ourselves. We need to recognize that to love someone is a choice, not a feeling.”
― Christin Slade.
48."Being loved is life's second greatest blessing; loving is the greatest."
- Jack Hyles.
49."Do not waste time bothering whether you love your neighbor; act as if you did."
- C S Lewis.
50."I can't make you love me, but you can't keep me from loving you."
― Jack Hyles.
51."The world does not understand theology or dogma, but it understands love and sympathy."
- Dwight L. Moody.
Quotes About God's Love
The love of Jesus Christ for the world, the love of God, and the love of Christians for their fellow beings is a central aspect of Christian belief and theology. Here are some Christian love quotes that show that God loves us.
53.“You were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.”
― 1 Corinthians 6:20.
54.“Though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not.”
―C.S. Lewis.
55.“I feel myself to be a lump of unworthiness, a mass of corruption, and a heap of sin, apart from His Mighty love.”
―Charles Spurgeon.
56.“In the same way your light must shine before people, so that they will see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.”
―Matthew 5:16.
57.“Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it.”
― 1 Peter 3:15.
58."The soul is healed by being with children."
-Fyodor Dostoevsky.
59."The love of the Lord warms the human heart."
― Lailah Gifty Akita.
60."I cannot love you as I love myself until I love God as I ought to love Him."
- Jack Hyles.
61.“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
― C.S. Lewis.
62.“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”
―Ephesians 4:2.
63.“God paid a high price for you, so don’t be enslaved by the world.”
―Corinthians 7:23.
64."Where Love is, God is."
- Henry Drummond.
65."The world is not a playground; it is a school-room. Life is not a holiday, but an education. And the one eternal lesson for us all is how better we can love."
- Henry Drummond.
66.“You can’t love Jesus and not love his Word.”
-R. C. Sproul
Christian Love Quotes
Christians believe that Jesus is the reason we know what love is. The Bible teaches us that, by sacrificing His life for us, He taught us about true love. Bible verses contain numerous quotes about love, and here we present a few religious love quotes for you.
67.“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”
― C S Lewis.
68."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;"
-1 Corinthians 13:4-5 ESV.
69.“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 John 3:1.
70.“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.”
―Luke 6:27-28.
71."No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us."
-John 4:12 ESV.
72.“Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.”
―Psalm 85:10.
73."Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins."
-1 Peter 4:8
74."But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
-Romans 5:8.
75."By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
-John 13:35.
76.“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
-Matthew 22:37.
77."But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin."
-1 John 1:7.
78."Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."
-John 15:13.
79."Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised."
-Song of Solomon 8:7 .
80."But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved..."
-Ephesians 2:4-5.
81."For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."
-John 3:16.
82."By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers."
-1 John 3:16.
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