Theme
God's Love
How wide, how deep, how certain
Verse 1
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16 · KJV
The cornerstone verse — God's love expressed in the gift of His Son for the world.
Verse 2
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8 · KJV
Love demonstrated at its deepest: Christ died for us while we were still sinners.
Verse 3
“We love him, because he first loved us.”
I John 4:19 · KJV
Our love for God is only possible because He loved us first.
Verse 4
“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,”
Romans 8:38 · KJV
A powerful list of everything that cannot separate us from the love of God in Christ.
Verse 5
“The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.”
Jeremiah 31:3 · KJV
God declares His love as everlasting and His faithfulness as the reason He draws us.
Verse 6
“O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.”
Psalms 136:1 · KJV
A psalm celebrating that God's love endures forever — repeated twenty-six times.
Verse 7
“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.”
Lamentations 3:22 · KJV
Even in ruin, God's love and compassion do not fail — they are new every morning.
Verse 8
“May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;”
Ephesians 3:18 · KJV
Paul prays for us to grasp how wide, long, high, and deep is the love of Christ.
Verse 9
“But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.”
Psalms 86:15 · KJV
Praises God as abounding in love and faithfulness, slow to anger and full of compassion.
Verse 10
“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”
I John 3:16 · KJV
Defines love by Christ laying down His life — and calls us to the same for others.