![]() ![]() We learn Agape through our understanding of God’s love for us. “But God demonstrated his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). The writer to the Romans understood the depth of the Father’s love when he wrote, What a beautiful expression of how much the Heavenly Father want’s to have a relationship with us. God loved the world with the same feelings he had for his own Son. This familiar Bible verse about love also demonstrated Agape: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). It is also the love that the Son has for us. ![]() Jesus used this when he prayed, in John 17:27, we read, “I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and I myself may be in them.” The Father had Agape for his son. Bible Verses about Love using AgapeĪgape is best described in the relationship between the Heavenly Father and his Son. There are four different words used for love in the Bible: Philos, Agape, Storge, and Eros. By observing the Bible verses about love, we learn more about what love is. Fortunately, God did not leave the word “love” as an ambiguous concept for us to figure out. In a 70’s era television show, a young boy was talking about his relationship with a girl and said, “I like her, but I don’t like, like her.” In the show, the quote made sense, but is there a better way to indicate our feelings of affection? The fact is, using a single word to distinguish one kind of “love” from another is difficult, and can lead to misunderstanding. ![]()
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