What Does the Bible Say About Why Do I Deserve His Love?

Ephesians 2:4-9 ESV / 20 helpful votes

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— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, ...

Romans 5:8 ESV / 16 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 14 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.

Micah 7:18 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.

1 John 4:19 ESV / 10 helpful votes

We love because he first loved us.

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

1 John 4:18 ESV / 9 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.

John 3:16 ESV / 8 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.

1 John 4:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

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

Romans 11:22 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.

Revelation 20:1-15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. ...

Ephesians 2:3-5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 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—

Psalm 103:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

1 John 4:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Ephesians 2:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

John 14:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

Romans 12:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Romans 1:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.

Acts 17:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

Acts 10:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,

Acts 4:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 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. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Genesis 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.”

James 2:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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; ...

Romans 2:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

Romans 2:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

John 17:26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

John 13:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

John 4:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

John 3:36 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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.

Luke 23:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

34 Bible Verses about Why Do I Deserve His Love

Ephesians 2:4-9 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Micah 7:18 ESV / 11 helpful votes

1 John 4:19 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 John 4:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Romans 11:22 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Revelation 20:1-15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:3-5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Psalm 103:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 4:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 14:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 10:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 4:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 2:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 2:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 17:26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 13:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 4:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:36 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 23:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Why Do I Deserve His Love

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Ephesians 2:4-9 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Micah 7:18 ESV / 11 helpful votes

1 John 4:19 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 John 4:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Romans 11:22 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Revelation 20:1-15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:3-5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Psalm 103:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 4:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 14:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 10:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 4:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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John 17:26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 13:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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