G26
Greek
agapē — self-giving love
The love God is (1 John 4:8). Chosen, sacrificial, not conditioned on response.
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Love
English uses one word — love — where the Bible uses several. The Greek New Testament distinguishes self-giving agape from affectionate phileo and natural family love. The Hebrew Old Testament adds hesed, the covenant love of God that never lets go.
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