but the greatest of these is love I Corinthian 13:13
4 Greek Words Translated Love 1. eros (erotic, lust) - not found in NT - 1x in LXX, OT - Proverbs 7:18 2. sterge (natural affection) - family, love of parent for a child - unloving (Rom 1:31; 2 Tim 3:3)
4 Greek Words Translated Love 3. phileo (warm, friendly affection) - love between good friends - emotional, tender 4. agape (highest, sacrificial love) - 117x in NT (NASB) - an act of will, not emotion - no matter who you are/what’s done
Agape - Love God’s love for man (Jn.3:16) Man’s love for God (I Jn.5:3) Christ’s love for the church (Eph.5:25) Husband’s love for his wife (Eph.5:25) Christian’s love for Christians (I Pt.1:22) Christian’s love for neighbor (Mat.22:39) Christian’s love for enemies (Mat.5:44)
Agape - Love I Corinthians 13:4-8a v. 4 “patient” (suffereth long) “kind” (gentle in behavior) “not jealous” (envieth not) “does not brag” (does not parade itself) “not arrogant” (not puffed up)
Agape - Love I Corinthians 13:4-8a v. 5 “does not act unbecomingly” (behave rudely) “does not seek its own” “is not provoked” (not easily provoked) “does not take into account a wrong” (thinketh no evil)
Agape - Love I Corinthians 13:4-8a v. 6 “does not rejoice in unrighteousness” (rejoiceth not in iniquity) “rejoices with the truth” (in the truth) putting God first
Agape - Love I Corinthians 13:4-8a v. 7 “bears all things” “believes all things” “hopes all things” “endures all things” trust commitment
Agape - Love I Corinthians 13:4-8a v. 8a never ends “love never fails” lasts forever survives everything I Corinthians 13:13 “faith, hope, love…the greatest of these is love.” I Corinthians 14:1 “Pursue love”
Agape - Love John 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
Agape - Love Romans 13:8 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law...10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
Agape - Love I Thess.4:9 Now as to the love of the brethren, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; 10 for indeed you do practice it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, to excel still more,
Agape - Love I Peter 1:22 Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,