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> I'll see what I can dig up in terms of verses to support my stance, but an understanding of Song of Solomon and much of the New Testament should make this quite clear. It's not like love is an obscure concept in the Bible.

Well, for starters, one of the most famous, John 3:16, states, "For God so loved the world, that He gave his only son..." where love was tied in to giving.

Try this link... type "love give" in the Search Word(s) box, and set the limit of 10 to something higher than 32 (so that you can see all of the verses at a glance). Then try "love gave" as the keywords. The results are pretty interesting.