All for Jesus, All for Jesus

All for Jesus, All for Jesus
"Crucifixion of Jesus" by Gustave Doré (1866)
GenreHymn
Written1887
TextW J Sparrow Simpson
Based onMatthew 22:37
Meter8.7.8.7

"All for Jesus, All for Jesus", also titled as "All for Jesus! All for Jesus!" and originally titled "For the Love of Jesus", is an English Christian hymn. It was written in 1887 by W J Sparrow Simpson intended as the closing chorus of John Stainer's The Crucifixion oratorio. It started to be published as a separate hymn later in 1901.

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