“Love”

The word "love" echoes profoundly throughout the Bible, its frequency varying across translations. In the King James Version, its use of the word love is felt with great impact, all 310 times, while the New King James Version elevates that figure to an impressive 361. When we delve into its various forms, the King James Version totals occurrences reach 550 and the New International Version captures mentions love 551 times. John 13:35 KJV By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. 1 John 2:5ESVbut whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: Romans 5:8ESVbut God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 1 John 4:16KJVAnd we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 1 John 4:19KJV We love him, because he first loved us. Matthew 22:37-38ESVAnd he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 1 John 4:8AMP The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love. [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.] " Jesus is all about love. You can't have one without the other. I've discovered that to have a deeper relationship with Jesus requires my heart to be filled with love.