there is a name that i love to hear and i love to sing its worth it sounds like music in my ear the sweetest name on earth chorus o how i love jesus and o how i love jesus o how i love jesus because he first loved me well it tells me of a savior s love who died to set me free it tells me of his precious blood the sinner s perfect plea ohhh and oh he s so wonderful to me he s so wonderful and oh he s so wonderful because he first loved me well it tells me of whose loving heart can fill my deepest woe who in each sorrow bears a part that none can bear below repeat chorus because he first loved me scriptural reference we love because he first loved us 1 john 4 19