As Actual Between Christians:But man's sonship to God may be potential or actual. Hosea 2:16-20; Isaiah 54:8). i.) Genuine love is born of faith in the loving promises of God. Ezekiel 36:22, 23, 32). Therefore, as in the New Testament (John 14:21, 23; 16:27), the full enjoyment of Gods love is conditional upon an attitude appropriate for receiving it, namely, a humble reliance upon Gods mercy: Trust in the Lord and he will act (Psalm 37:5). At another time when Jesus was accused of eating with tax collectors and sinners (Luke 15:1, 2) he told three parables of how it gladdens the heart of God when one sinner repents (Luke 5:3-32). //the true vine meditations for a month on john 151-16/the wonderful love.htm, Love-apples (3 Occurrences)Love-apples. philo) in its room. This act by Israel cannot be called love for their enemies (cf. Especially worthy of note is the Song of Solomon, which expresses the wholesome delight in the sexual fulfillment of love between a man and a woman. Bible Dictionaries - Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Love, Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Bible Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Love, Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Love, Inspirational Bible Verses and Scripture Quotes, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Nor did He ever forget them for a moment during all their trials. It means to enjoy real life living water, having vital power in itself and exerting the same upon the soul. (Strongs)It goes on to further define this type of life as fresh, strong, efficient, active, and powerful.Gods agape love, fleshed out for us in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, is alive and active in all those who believe in Him. 3. Christ set before His followers a much higher example than that, however. Spirit and light are expressions of His essential nature; love is the expression of His personality corresponding to His nature. How can a man discern if he genuinely aspires to pastoral ministry? The reason Jesus demonstrated a love for those who could not merit his favor is that he was like his Father. It is his nature to love. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: philadelphia Phonetic Spelling: (fil-ad-el-fee'-ah) Short Definition //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5360.htm - 7k, 25. agapao -- to love to love. Love is the greatest virtue. Love is the motivation for evangelism. It is patient and without envy; it is not proud or self-elated, neither does it behave discourteously; it does not cherish evil, but keeps good account of the good; it rejoices not at the downfall of an enemy or competitor, but gladly hails his success; it is hopeful, trustful and forbearing--for such there is no law, for they need none; they have fulfilled the law. It is the love that focuses on the will, not the emotions, experiences, or libido. Isaiah 56:6, 7; Psalm 69:36). On the one hand, it could sometimes represent a strong aversion toward the ill will that seeks the destruction of person. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), John 15:12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. //christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/love.htm, The First Love. Now does. (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), John 11:3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. How could He? But as strange as it may seem, this hate does not necessarily result in vengeance. (BBE), Romans 16:14 Give my love to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them. Jesus also told his disciples that a "neighbor" might even be someone who hates them, curses them, or mistreats them. The Biblical definition and meaning of Love is found in: 2 John 1:6 (NKJV) - "This is love, that we walk according to His (God's) Commandments. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), John 13:35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. The lateDavid Sanfords book and Bible projects were published by Zondervan, Tyndale, Thomas Nelson, Doubleday, Barbour, and Amazon. In this act we see what real love is: it is not our love for God, but his love for us, when he sent his Son to satisfy Gods anger against our sin (1 John 4:10). After all these years, they are still very much in love. In this case, love is not a delight in what a person is, but a deeply felt commitment to helping him be what he ought to be. Similarly, Leviticus 19 begins with the command, You shall be holy for I, the Lord your God, am holy. Then the phrase, I am the Lord, is repeated fifteen times in chapter 19 after the individual commands. The Greek word for live and lives in the above verse is zao. Only the regenerated heart can truly love as God loves; to this higher form of love the unregenerate can lay no claim (1John 4:7,19,21; 2:7-11; 3:10; 4:11 f). In this last passage the exhortation to supreme love to God is connected with the doctrine of the unity of God (Deuteronomy 6:4 f)-inasmuch as the Divine Being is one and indivisible, so must our love to Him be undivided. Not that either Jesus or Paul underestimates the faith from which all the graces proceed, for this grace is recognized as fundamental in all God's dealings with man and man's dealings with God (John 6:28 Hebrews 11:6); but both alike count that faith as but idle and worthless belief that does not manifest itself in love to both God and man. Holy love in man would make the whole heart and soul supremely delight in and obey God, and cordially and practically love all beings according to their character-the good with fellowship of soul, and the evil with a Christ-like benevolence. love (noun). Lewis broke it down into four categories in his book, The Four Loves. Here are four words for love: "Storge(Pronounced: STOR-jay) is a term for love in the Bible that you may not be familiar with. It is a divine concept of thought and action that transforms the character, rules the passions, controls the emotions, and purifies the feelings. /hebrew/159.htm - 6k, 2245. chabab -- to love chabab. In other words, Gods sovereign freedom in dispensing mercy on whomever he pleases is integral to his very being as God. Ephesians 4:2 humility patience. (Root in WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), John 17:23 I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me. Jesus emphatically proclaimed love as the most important command to obey. Transliteration: chabab Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-bab') Short Definition: loves. But it is not automatic; it can cool away (Matthew 22:12; Revelation 2:4). (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV), John 16:27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God. General Editor. Paul compares faith, hope, and love, and concludes that "the greatest of these is love" ( 1 Cor 13:13 ). One of the hallmarks of love is that it seeks not its own (1 Corinthians 13:5). But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. In his answer Peter substitutes the word philo, which means the natural human affection, with its strong feeling, or sentiment, and is never used in Scripture language to designate man's love to God. '(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), Matthew 23:6 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), Matthew 24:12 Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold. much love, very lovely. In short, many people love their shame more than their glory (Hosea 4:17), which is the same as loving death (Proverbs 8:36). ; by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples" (John 13:14, 34, 35). Thus the Mosaic Covenant begins with a declaration which holds great promise for Israel: I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt (Exodus 20:2). No eye has seen nor ear heard what God has prepared for those who love him (1 Corinthians 2:9; cf. The repeated message of the New Testament is that Christ loved us and gave himself for us (Galatians 2:2; Ephesians 5:2; 1 John 3:16). Two of these Greek words, Phileo and Agape, were used in the well-known exchange between Peter and Jesus after Christ's resurrection (John 21:15 - 17). And his mercy extended beyond the bounds of Israel (Genesis 12:2, 3; 18:18; Jonah 4:2). For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. Therefore, Christians must make it their aim (1 Timothy 1:15) to stir one another up to love and good works (Hebrews 10:24). God loves the world of sinners lost and ruined by the fall. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 6. In those languages there are multiple words for love, depending on the kind of love the author was referring to. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), John 8:42 Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. "Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time He may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on Him . I rejoice in Gods incredible love for me (Deuteronomy 7:7-8; Psalm 31:7; Psalm 59:16; Psalm 107:8; John 3:16; John 15:10-11; Romans 5:8; Ephesians 2:4-5; 2 Thessalonians 2:16; Titus 3:4; 1 John 3:1; 1 John 4:9-10). There are a few instances in the Old Testament of simple, everyday love of things: Isaac loved a certain meat (Genesis 27:4); Uzziah loved the soil (2 Chronicles 26:10); many love life (Psalm 34:12). "(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), Mark 12:30 you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' (2 Kings 25:8-11) show that God would not tolerate the unfaithfulness of his people. Though Jesus had hundreds of disciples, he held twelve closer than the rest. 2 Timothy 4:8). To understand fully the dynamics of this process, another factor must be brought in: the factor of hope. Language is important. So the intention of the chapter is to give specific instances of how to be holy as God is holy. Ephesians 6:24). "For the father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me" (John 16:27). 1. Love is patient, kind, content, and humble. For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me. This is also where the idea of love being an action comes into play. EDITOR'S PREFACE. Therefore, all boasting is excluded (Romans 3:27; 11:18, 20, 25; Ephesians 2:8; Philippians 2:12, 13), it is a gift of God from start to finish (John 6:65). This is true even when Jesus says that the reason God loves his disciples is because they keep his word (John 14:23), for the essence of Jesus word is a call to live by faith (John 16:27; 20:31). Our love, however, is easily misdirected. The love of the heavenly Father over the return of His wandering children is beautifully set forth in the parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15). (BBE), Romans 16:12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Christ set before His followers a much higher example than that, however. //christianbookshelf.org/julian/revelations of divine love/, Mother-Love. Love does not rejoice at wrong but in the right. The love of Jesus could not be earned; it could only be freely accepted and enjoyed. In thy righteousness, bring me out of trouble. God would cease to be righteous if he ceased to love his own glory on which his people bank all their hope. On the one hand, the New Testament teaches that the things God has created are good and should be enjoyed with thanksgiving (1 Timothy 4:3; 6:17). Therefore, when dealing with love, we must try to relate everything to Jesus Christ and his life, death and resurrection. The most basic thing that can be said about love in relation to God is that God is love (1 John 4:8, 16; cf. God, the Lover, will not allow sin to stand between him and his creature. Like Ruth, I care loyally for my loved ones (Ruth 1:16). We are "love breakers" more than "law breakers.". Table of Contents. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. Definition. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. )(BBE), John 12:25 He who loves his life will lose it. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), Romans 12:10 In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another; (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), Romans 13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. Our love to God is shown in the keeping of His commandments (Exodus 20:6; 1John 5:3; 2John 1:6). well-beloved, father's brother, love, uncle. The prophet Isaiah wrote, "Though the mountains be . We already discussed what this meant in Leviticus 19:18. 8. Love for the brotherhood is a natural consequence of the love of the fatherhood; for "In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother" (1 John 3:10). He can begin by asking where his aspiration comes from, where it aims, and what shape it takes. Don't even the tax collectors do the same? On the other hand, where there is a will for destruction expressed, it may represent the God-given certainty that the evil person is beyond repentance with no hope of salvation and therefore under the just sentence of God expressed by the psalmist (compare 1 John 5:16). By His very character, God is love, and to know Him is to extend His love to those around us. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: phileo Phonetic Spelling: (fil-eh'-o) Short Definition: I love, kiss Definition: I love (of friendship), regard //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5368.htm - 8k, 5365. philarguria -- love of money, avarice love of money, avarice. After this commandment, probably the most famous passage on love in the New Testament is 1 Corinthians 13. The fact that love is enabled only by God is seen in Pauls prayers also: May the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all men (1 Thessalonians 3:12; Philippians 1:9). So, what is love according to the Bible? (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), Romans 8:28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. Paul affirms that "the entire law is summed up in a single command: Love your neighbor as yourself'" ( Gal 5:14 ). In fact, the Old Testament closes with many of Gods promises unfulfilled. This is seen in the parallel phrases of Psalm 143:11, For thy names sake, O Lord, preserve my life! (BBE), Romans 16:15 Give my love to Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them. The problem with defining love mainly as a feeling is that feelings are fickle. Biblical examples include (Genesis 4:1; Genesis 4:17; Genesis 4:25; Genesis 29:23; Genesis 29:30; Genesis 38:2; Ruth 4:13; 1 Samuel 4:19; 2 Samuel 12:24; 1 Chronicles 2:21; 1 Chronicles 7:23; Isaiah 8:3). The answer is clearly faith. 10. Therefore, we find instructions to love the enemy. That is, one must have the kind of faith described in Hebrews 11:1: Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen. Therefore, faith precedes and enables our love for God. Jesus answered, "The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Word Origin from /hebrew/160.htm - 6k, 5690. agab -- (sensuous) love 5689, 5690. agab. True 25 /agap ("loving") is always defined by God - a " discriminating affection which involves choice and selection " ( WS, 477). C. S. Lewis wrote in The Four Loves, To love at all is to be vulnerable. In other words, having our hope pinned on the promises of God frees us from the attitudes that hinder self-giving love. Love is more than just words; it requires action. We become idolaters, focusing a part or all of our love elsewhere. If you meet your enemys ox or ass going astray, you shall bring it back to him. There is a mystery in Gods electing love. We love because He first loved us. - 1 John 4:18-19, For Christs love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. - 2 Corinthians 5:14, But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love - Nehemiah 9:17, Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. As love is the highest expression of God and His relation to mankind, so it must be the highest expression of man's relation to his Maker and to his fellow-man. One of the most interesting chapters in the whole Bible is 1 Corinthians 13. The Son shares the love of the Father in a unique sense; He is "my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth" (Isaiah 42:1). (Root in WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV), John 13:1 Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. Transliteration: racham Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kham') Short Definition: compassion. Since believers have been the recipients of love, they must love. Our love should be "without hypocrisy" (Romans 12:9); there should be no pretense about it; it should not be a thing of mere word or tongue, but a real experience manifesting itself in deed and truth (1John 3:18). (n.) Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus. love. Here phileo is used for love, indicating the fatherly affection of God for the believer in Christ, His Son. The genesis of man's salvation lies in the love and mercy of God (Ephesians 2:4). To love Christ supremely is the test of true discipleship (Luke 14:26), and is an unfailing mark of the elect (1Peter 1:8). You can't serve both God and Mammon. Said Jesus, thou "lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me" (John 17:23). Eros, used to describe a sexual or romantic type of love, is not found in Holy writ. Just months before the 9/11 tragedy hit American soil, Billy Graham preached, As we see a war-torn world-a world that is sick, pained confused and bewildered- we believe the this is the hour for the church to speak out. That, my friends, is what biblical love is and what it looks like in our lives. It means that we should seek the good of others as earnestly as we desire good to come our way. Paul in his earliest epistle bears witness that the Thessalonians practice love "toward all the brethren that are in all Macedonia," even as they had been taught of God, but urges them to "abound more and more" (1 Thessalonians 4:9, 10). See especially Romans 11. There is no other commandment greater than these. (BBE), Romans 16:11 Give my love to Herodion, my relation. God loves because that is His nature and the expression of His being. Jesus serves as the believer's model ( John 14:21 ; Php 2:5-8 ). Therefore, while love is a fruit of the Spirit, it is also a fruit of faith, since it is by faith that the Spirit works (Galatians 3:5). What is the meaning of the Hebrew word Hesed?. Therefore, the way to become a loving person is to set our hope more fully on God and delight more fully n the confidence that whatever is encountered on the path of obedience is for our good. Much as the parable could teach, it could not teach the lesson of love. Everything God does is impelled and influenced by His love. Only the regenerated heart can truly love as God loves; to this higher form of love the unregenerate can lay no claim (1 John 4:7, 19, 21; John 2:7-11; 3:10; 4:11). Love originates in the Triune Godhead, within the eternal relationship that exists among the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ( 1 John 4:7-8 ). What Is Love According to the Bible? /hebrew/7355.htm - 6k, 160. ahabah -- love (noun) 159, 160. ahabah. But the coming of Christ not only brings about the revelation of God. (Root in KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), John 11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. I do not love the things of this world, which are temporal at best (Psalm 119:36; Ecclesiastes 5:10-11; Matthew 6:24; Mark 10:21-22; John 12:25; 1 Timothy 6:10; Hebrews 13:5; James 2:5; 1 John 2:15). This love means reverence for God and respect for men. And through faith, the Spirit of Christ, living in us enables us to follow his example. Love is always bigger. 2 Corinthians 13:11). In both cases, God loves us with an everlasting love (Psalm 103:17; Jeremiah 31:3). When Moses wanted to see Gods glory, God responded that he would proclaim his glorious name to him. This love is also created in the heart of man by the Holy Ghost (Romans 5:5), and is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22). Does Having Faith Mean We Have to Turn Off Our Brains? In the life and death of Christ we see in a new way what Gods love is and what mans love for God and for others should be. His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man; but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love (Psalm 147:10, 11; 103:13). But what we learn now is that Christ reflects the very glory of God and bears the stamp of his nature (Hebrews 1:3). God has promised a crown of life to those who love him (James 1:12; 3:5; cf. 10. There exists an eternal affection between the Son and the Father--the Son is the original and eternal object of the Father's love (John 17:24). Lewis,God in the Dock.. God loves through believers, who act as channels for his love; they are branches who must abide in the vine if they are to have that love ( John 15:1-11 ). "See also COVETOUSNESS. Hebrews 11:6 shows us the way: Without faith it is impossible to please God. 8 Ways We Can Be Ready for Christs Return. A neighbor is anyone who is in need. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. It involves some suffering and sacrifice. "(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), Mark 12:33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. They were not on the outskirts of God's love, but in the very center of it. God's love is not based on the merit of the recipient ( Deut 7:7-8 ; Rom 5:7-8 ). What Are Signs and Wonders of the End Times? 2. He personally bridges the gap. Jesus is their foundation in which they live life. 13. All rights reserved. This Greek word describes family love, the affectionate bond that develops naturally between parents and children, and brothers and sisters. Like Jehoshaphat, I face trials and danger with songs of praise for Gods faithful love (2 Chronicles 20:21). Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? To him, in his narrow exclusiveism, the announcement of the fact that God loved the whole world of men was startling. Treatise on the Love of God St. Francis de Sales. Article Images Copyright 2022 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. (v. God is the source of all true, giving, ongoing love. 1915. God not merely loves, but is love; it is His very nature, and He imparts this nature to be the sphere in which His children dwell, for "he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him" (1 John 4:16). For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet," and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 2 Timothy 4:10)? I love those in need widows, orphans, the poor, immigrants, refugees, and others who are downtrodden and oppressed (Leviticus 19:33-34; Deuteronomy 10:19; Proverbs 29:7; 1 Corinthians 13:3; 1 Timothy 5:3; 1 Timothy 5:16; James 1:27; James 2:5; 1 John 3:17). 1 John 4:8 - He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. He loves the unlovable and the unlovely, not because we deserve to be loved or because of any excellence we possess, but because it is His nature to love and He must be true to His nature. Therefore, we are free to give everything we have. Here are a couple definitions based on the Bible: 1) Biblical love is sacrificial. Were on a mission to change that. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), Romans 5:8 But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. We need to recall that love for God, unlike love for a needy neighbor, is not a longing to supply some lack on his part by our service (Acts 17:5). God's love then awakens a response in those who accept it. God has set his love on these chosen ones in a unique way (Colossians 3:12; Romans 11:28; 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 1:4; Jude 1) so that their salvation is sure. Different degrees and manifestations of this affection are recognized in the Scriptures according to the circumstances and relations of life, e.g. God seeks Adam, not to put him to death, but to reestablish a relationship with him. Now, in verses 9-21, Paul describes our sacrificial service as a walk in love. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), Matthew 6:5 "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. In the most basic sense, love is the emotion felt and actions performed by someone concerned for the well-being of another person. Love is self-sacrificing, generous, unending, not a temporary feeling or attraction. <. Agape is the term that defines God's immeasurable, incomparable love for humankind. Proud member Talk about how we are to reflect God's love to others. God alone is the source of love ( 1 John 4:7-8 ); he "poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us" ( Rom 5:5 ). Enjoy! Being satisfied in Gods presence and promise, he is not bent on selfishly seeking his own pleasure, but rather delights to please his neighbor for his good to edify him (Romans 15:1, 2). Bible Study and Teaching on the meaning of Love. Since God is Father and men are His sons, they are therefore brethren of one another. Everything that God does flows from his love. "For the father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me" (John 16:27). 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