While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”

• Matthew 17:5

As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,

• Romans 11:28

Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

• 2 Corinthians 9:7

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.

• 2 John 1:3

They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way in a manner that honors God.

• 3 John 1:6

They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.

• Revelation 12:11

I got a strange idea for a quiz, and the more I thought about it, the harder the quiz became, and it started to give me a headache.

So, I went back to my simple idea.  I picked ten Bible verses that have the word love in them.  I then extracted the word love with two other words.  The other two words could be before the word love, after the word love, or there could be one word before and one word after the word love.

In other words, each answer is three words and one of the three words is “love.”

The verses come from each of the first ten books of the New Testament which have the word love in them.  Big hint here: There is only one book in the New Testament that does not mention the word “love.”

All verses come from the NIV.

There are two blanks in question 4.  The same words, in the same order are used twice in this verse.  Sorry, no extra credit for filling in both blanks.

The Questions:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	But I tell you, ___ and pray for those who persecute you,
2	And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, ____; with you I am well pleased.”
3	“If you love those ____, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
4	“A new command I give you: ____. As I have loved you, so you must ____.
5	neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us ____ of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
6	If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do ____, I gain nothing.
7	For ____ us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
8	But the fruit of the Spirit ____, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
9	Husbands, ____, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
10	then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having ____, being one in spirit and of one mind.

Word list in alphabetical order (divided by semicolons)

Christ’s love compels; from the love; is love, joy; love one another; love your enemies; love your wives; not have love; the same love; who love you; whom I love

What could make this more complicated would be to have a mystery expression made up of the letters that begin the words that are before love and the letters that end the words that are after love.  But just writing that instruction down makes the headache return.

I think a few of these verses are so well known that you might not need the word list for them, but some verses are a bit obscure.  Substituting the three-word groups until one makes sense is another way to do it.

Bible References:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	But I tell you, ___ and pray for those who persecute you,	Matthew 5:44
2	And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, ____; with you I am well pleased.”	Mark 1:11
3	“If you love those ____, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.	Luke 6:32
4	“A new command I give you: ____. As I have loved you, so you must ____.	John 13:34
5	neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us ____ of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.	Romans 8:39
6	If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do ____, I gain nothing.	1 Corinthians 13:3
7	For ____ us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.	2 Corinthians 5:14
8	But the fruit of the Spirit ____, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,	Galatians 5:22
9	Husbands, ____, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her	Ephesians 5:25
10	then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having ____, being one in spirit and of one mind.	Philippians 2:2

Okay, it should be obvious that the book that is skipped is the book of Acts.

There is a lot of love in the book of Acts.  There are a lot of miracles in the book of Acts.

Paul had a large entourage at times.  If there was not just a little love, they would have had more problems than they did have.

There are many ways to express love, and saying “I love you” is just one of them.

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The Answers:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	But I tell you, ___ and pray for those who persecute you,	Matthew 5:44	Love your enemies
2	And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, ____; with you I am well pleased.”	Mark 1:11	Whom I love
3	“If you love those ____, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.	Luke 6:32	Who love you
4	“A new command I give you: ____. As I have loved you, so you must ____.	John 13:34	Love one another
5	neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us ____ of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.	Romans 8:39	From the love
6	If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do ____, I gain nothing.	1 Corinthians 13:3	Not have love
7	For ____ us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.	2 Corinthians 5:14	Christ’s love compels
8	But the fruit of the Spirit ____, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,	Galatians 5:22	Is love, joy
9	Husbands, ____, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her	Ephesians 5:25	Love your wives
10	then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having ____, being one in spirit and of one mind.	Philippians 2:2	The same love

Whether you did well on this quiz or, ummm, not so well, for the first video, here is Casting Crowns singing Love Moved First.

Here is Rachel Lampa featuring Toby Mac singing Perfectly Loved.

Here are the Asidors, at least the guys, singing You Love Me Completely.

Here is Zach Williams singing Jesus Loves.

Jesus loves.  Jesus loves you.  Jesus even loves the ones you might think of as unlovable.  His love is a perfect love.

If you like these Saturday morning Bible quizzes, but you think you missed a few, you can use this LINK. I have set up a page off the home page for links to these Saturday morning posts. I will continue to modify the page as I add more.

Soli Deo Gloria.  Only to God be the Glory.