2. “LOVE” IN THE GREEK LANGUAGE ♥ Eros – sexual love (not found in N.T.) ♥ Storge – family love (Rm. 1:31) ♥ Philia – friendship love (Jn. 11:5) ♥ Agape – highest form of love (Jn. 3:16) ♥ More than just an emotion ♥ Emanates from the heart and mind ♥ An act of will, rather than a feeling ♥ Selfless & expects nothing in return ♥ “Above all things” (I Pet. 4:8)

3. THE LOVELINESS OF LOVE A study of “Agape” from I CORINTHIANS 13

4. I. LOVE IS LONGSUFFERING ECCLESIASTES 7:8 II PETER 3:9

5. II. LOVE IS KIND EPHESIANS 4:32 PROVERBS 19:22

6. III. LOVE IS NOT ENVIOUS SONG OF SOLOMON 8:6 ROMANS 12:15

7. IV. LOVE DOESN’T VAUNT ITSELF PROVERBS 27:2 PHILIPPIANS 2:3

8. V. LOVE ISN’T PUFFED UP PROVERBS 16:18 I CORINTHIANS 15:9-10

9. VI. LOVE DOESN’T BEHAVE ITSELF UNSEEMLY MATTHEW 7:12 I PETER 3:8

10. VII. LOVE DOESN’T SEEK ITS OWN MARK 10:37 I CORINTHIANS 10:33

11. VIII. LOVE ISN’T QUICKLY PROVOKED PROVERBS 14:29 JAMES 1:19

12. IX. LOVE THINKS NO EVIL PROVERBS 19:11 COLOSSIANS 3:13

13. X. LOVE DOESN’T REJOICE IN INIQUITY, BUT IN TRUTH GENESIS 9:20-27 II JOHN 1:4

14. XI. LOVE BEARS ALL THINGS ACTS 20:35 ROMANS 15:1

15. XII. LOVE BELIEVES ALL THINGS I TIMOTHY 6:4 ROMANS 8:28

16. XIII. LOVE HOPES ALL THINGS PROVERBS 17:22 II CORINTHIANS 1:7

17. XIV. LOVE ENDURES ALL THINGS II TIMOTHY 2:3 GALATIANS 6:9

18. “be rooted and grounded in love (agape ),” so that you may “know the love (agape ) of Christ.” EPHESIANS 3:17-19

19. GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION Hear the Gospel (Rm. 10:17) +Believe with the Heart (Jn. 8:24) +Repent of your Sins (Acts 17:30) +Confess Christ before Men (Rm. 10:10) +Be Baptized in Water (Rm. 6:4) +Endure to the End (Mt. 10:22) 2 ND LAW OF PARDON Repent and Pray God for Forgiveness (Acts 8:22)