Carrie Underwood - O How I Love Jesus Lyrics

O How I Love Jesus is built around the cherished name of Jesus and the love awakened by His prior love. Each verse approaches that name from a different angle: it is sweet to hear and sing, it tells of a Savior who brings freedom through His blood, and it points to One who shares human sorrow. The chorus answers every description with a simple confession of love, grounding that response not in personal merit but in grace already received.

The line about Jesus loving first closely echoes 1 John 4:19 and supplies the theological center of the hymn. Love for Christ is portrayed as a response to divine initiative. The verses also join salvation with consolation: the Savior who died for sinners is not distant from grief, but understands weakness and bears sorrow. That emphasis aligns with Hebrews 4:15, which describes Jesus as able to sympathize with human weakness. In this rendition, repetition gives the central confession the character of both testimony and worship.