1 John 4:19

We love because He first loved us.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of 1 John 4

6 songs meet this passage

Everything Changes · Kathy Troccoli
resonates with 1 John 4:19
The song's claim that love reorders perception echoes how being loved first by God enables us to love and see differently.
“Until I learned to love myself”
Secret · Madonna
strains against 1 John 4:19
Scripture frames love as a response to being first loved by God; here self-love is presented as the necessary precondition for loving anyone else.
Someone to Love (feat. Babyface) · Jon B.
strains against 1 John 4:19
The song credits a person with restoring its singer's capacity to love, where Scripture roots all our ability to love in having first been loved by God.
Believe · Elton John
strains against 1 John 4:19
Scripture grounds love in God loving us first; the song treats love as self-generated conviction rather than a response to being loved.
You Mean the World to Me · Toni Braxton
strains against 1 John 4:18-19
Her uncertainty about love's sufficiency highlights a longing that human love alone can't fully satisfy, a security Scripture roots in God's perfect love.
“If just once I could feel love”
I Got Id · Pearl Jam
strains against 1 John 4:18-19
Scripture locates the origin of real love in being first loved by God, while the song searches for it only in human touch and memory, leaving the deeper source untouched.