Saying I love you is the easy part, the difficulty comes when you have to prove it.

The thing is that no one can actually prove it without having a complete knowledge of what it means to love God, yourself, then others, as much as you love yourself.

Thankfully, we can all rely on the Bible, the Word of God, to help us.

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Here are 10 Bible verses on love, how to show love and why you must love others.

1. Ephesians 4:2; "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."

2. 1 Peter 4: 8; "Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins."

3. Romans 12:9; "Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good."

4. 1 Corinthians 13:2; "If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing."

5. 1 John 4:16; "And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them."

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6. John 15:12; "My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you."

7. 1 Corinthians 13:13; "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

8. Romans 12:10; "Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves."

9. 1 John 4:20; "Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen."

10. 1 John 4:12; "No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us."