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I. What Kind Of Love?

Agápē, storge, philia, and eros.

According to BDAG, the world’s most authoritative Greek Lexicon, agápē (ἀγάπη) means: the quality of warm regard for and interest in another, esteem, affection, regard, love. This form of love is unconditional. Verses that speak of the love (agápē) of God and Christ to humans are as follows: 1 John 3:1; 4:7-10, 16, 17; Ro 5:8; 8:35, 39; Eph 1:4, 2:4; 3:19; 2 Cor 5:14; 13:11, 13; Jd 2,21; Jn 15:9-10, 13.

1.1 First John 4:8,20

8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 20 If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? — 1 John 4:8,20 NLT (Parallel)

1.2 First John 2:9-11

9 If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness. 10 Anyone who loves a fellow believer is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble. 11 But anyone who hates a fellow believer is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness. — 1 John 2:9-11 NLT (Parallel)

1.3 First Corinthians 13:1-3

1 If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. — 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 NLT (Parallel)



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