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G25 — ἀγαπάω

agapaō · to love · Greek

ἀγαπάω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for אהב ;] to love, to feel and exhibit esteem and goodwill to a person, to prize and delight in a thing. 1. Of human affection, to men: τ. πλησίον, Mat.5:43; τ. ἐχθρούς, ib. 44; to Christ, Jhn.8:42; to God, Mat.22:37; with accusative of thing(s), Luk.11:43, Jhn.12:43, Eph.5:25, II Tim 4:8, 10, Heb.1:9, 1Pe.2:17, 3:10, 2Pe.2:15, 1Jn.2:15, Rev.12:11. 2. Of divine love; (a) God's love: to men, Rom.8:37; to Christ, Jhn.3:35; (b) Christ's love: to men, Mrk.10:21; to God, Jhn.14:31; with cogn. accusative, Jhn.17:26, Eph.2:4. SYN.: φιλέω. From its supposed etymology (Thayer, LS; but see also Boisacq) ἀ. is commonly understood properly to denote love based on esteem (diligo), as distinct from that expressed by φιλέω (amo), spontaneous natural affection, emotional and unreasoning. If this distinction holds, ἀ. is fitly used in NT of Christian love to God and man, the spiritual affection which follows the direction of the will, and which, therefore, unlike that feeling which is instinctive and unreasoned, can be commanded as a duty. (Cf. ἀγάπη, and v. Tr., Syn. §xii; Cremer, 9, 592; and esp. MM, VGT, see word) (AS)

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Matthew 5:43 · ἀγαπήσεις“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’Matthew 5:44 · ἀγαπᾶτεBut I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,Matthew 5:46 · ἀγαπήσητε · ἀγαπῶνταςFor if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?Matthew 6:24 · ἀγαπήσει“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.Matthew 19:19 · ἀγαπήσεις‘Honor your father and mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”Matthew 22:37 · ἀγαπήσειςJesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’Matthew 22:39 · ἀγαπήσειςA second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’Mark 10:21 · ἠγάπησενJesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”Mark 12:30 · ἀγαπήσειςyou 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.’ This is the first commandment.Mark 12:31 · ἀγαπήσειςThe second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”Mark 12:33 · ἀγαπᾶν · ἀγαπᾶνand 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.”Luke 6:27 · ἀγαπᾶτε“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,Luke 6:32 · ἀγαπᾶτε · ἀγαπῶντας · ἀγαπῶντας · ἀγαπῶσιν.If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.Luke 6:35 · ἀγαπᾶτεBut love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.Luke 7:5 · ἀγαπᾷfor he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us.”Luke 7:42 · ἀγαπήσειWhen they couldn’t pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?”Luke 7:47 · ἠγάπησεν · ἀγαπᾷ.Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”Luke 10:27 · ἀγαπήσειςHe answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”Luke 11:43 · ἀγαπᾶτεWoe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.Luke 16:13 · ἀγαπήσει,No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and mammon.”John 3:16 · ἠγάπησενFor God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.John 3:19 · ἠγάπησανThis is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.John 3:35 · ἀγαπᾷThe Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.John 8:42 · ἠγαπᾶτεTherefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.John 10:17 · ἀγαπᾷTherefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.John 11:5 · ἨγάπαNow Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.John 12:43 · ἠγάπησανfor they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.John 13:1 · ἀγαπήσας · ἠγάπησενNow 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.John 13:23 · ἠγάπαOne of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table, leaning against Jesus’ breast.John 13:34 · ἀγαπᾶτε · ἠγάπησα · ἀγαπᾶτεA new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.John 14:15 · ἀγαπᾶτέIf you love me, keep my commandments.John 14:21 · ἀγαπῶν · ἀγαπῶν · ἀγαπηθήσεται · ἀγαπήσωOne who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”John 14:23 · ἀγαπᾷ · ἀγαπήσειJesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.John 14:24 · ἀγαπῶνHe who doesn’t love me doesn’t keep my words. The word which you hear isn’t mine, but the Father’s who sent me.John 14:28 · ἠγαπᾶτέYou heard how I told you, ‘I go away, and I come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’ for the Father is greater than I.John 14:31 · ἀγαπῶBut that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.John 15:9 · ἠγάπησέν · ἠγάπησα·Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.John 15:12 · ἀγαπᾶτε · ἠγάπησα“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.John 15:17 · ἀγαπᾶτε“I command these things to you, that you may love one another.John 17:23 · ἠγάπησας · ἠγάπησας.¶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.John 17:24 · ἠγάπησάςFather, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.John 17:26 · ἠγάπησάςI made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”John 19:26 · ἠγάπα,Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son!”John 21:7 · ἠγάπαThat disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around him (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea.John 21:15 · ἀγαπᾷςSo when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”John 21:16 · ἀγαπᾷςHe said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”John 21:20 · ἠγάπαThen Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus sincerely loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus’ breast at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is going to betray You?”Romans 8:28 · ἀγαπῶσινWe know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.Romans 8:37 · ἀγαπήσαντοςNo, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.Romans 9:13 · ἠγάπησα,Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”Romans 9:25 · ἠγαπημένην · ἠγαπημένην.As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”Romans 13:8 · ἀγαπᾶν· · ἀγαπῶνOwe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.Romans 13:9 · ἀγαπήσειςFor the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not give false testimony,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”1 Corinthians 2:9 · ἀγαπῶσινBut as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”1 Corinthians 8:3 · ἀγαπᾷBut if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.2 Corinthians 9:7 · ἀγαπᾷLet each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.2 Corinthians 11:11 · ἀγαπῶWhy? Because I don’t love you? God knows.2 Corinthians 12:15 · ἀγαπῶν · ἀγαπῶμαι.I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?Galatians 2:20 · ἀγαπήσαντόςI have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.Galatians 5:14 · ἀγαπήσειςFor the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”Ephesians 1:6 · ἠγαπημένῳ,to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,Ephesians 2:4 · ἠγάπησενBut God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,Ephesians 5:2 · ἠγάπησενWalk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.Ephesians 5:25 · ἀγαπᾶτε · ἠγάπησενHusbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;Ephesians 5:28 · ἀγαπᾶν · ἀγαπῶν · ἀγαπᾷ·Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.Ephesians 5:33 · ἀγαπάτωNevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.Ephesians 6:24 · ἀγαπώντωνGrace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.Colossians 3:12 · ἠγαπημένοι,Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;Colossians 3:19 · ἀγαπᾶτεHusbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.1 Thessalonians 1:4 · ἠγαπημένοιWe know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,1 Thessalonians 4:9 · ἀγαπᾶνBut concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,2 Thessalonians 2:13 · ἠγαπημένοιBut we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;2 Thessalonians 2:16 · ἀγαπήσαςNow our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,2 Timothy 4:8 · ἠγαπηκόσινFrom now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.2 Timothy 4:10 · ἀγαπήσαςfor Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.Hebrews 1:9 · ἠγάπησαςYou have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”Hebrews 12:6 · ἀγαπᾷFor whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.”James 1:12 · ἀγαπῶσινBlessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.James 2:5 · ἀγαπῶσινListen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?James 2:8 · ἀγαπήσειςHowever, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.1 Peter 1:8 · ἀγαπᾶτε,whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory—1 Peter 1:22 · ἀγαπήσατεSeeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:1 Peter 2:17 · ἀγαπᾶτε,Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.1 Peter 3:10 · ἀγαπᾶνFor, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.2 Peter 2:15 · ἠγάπησεν,forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;1 John 2:10 · ἀγαπῶνHe who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.1 John 2:15 · ἀγαπᾶτε · ἀγαπᾷDon’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.1 John 3:10 · ἀγαπῶνIn this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.1 John 3:11 · ἀγαπῶμενFor this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;1 John 3:14 · ἀγαπῶμεν · ἀγαπῶνWe know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.1 John 3:18 · ἀγαπῶμενMy little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.1 John 3:23 · ἀγαπῶμενThis is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.1 John 4:7 · ἀγαπῶμεν · ἀγαπῶνBeloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.1 John 4:8 · ἀγαπῶνHe who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.1 John 4:10 · ἠγαπήκαμεν · ἠγάπησενIn this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.1 John 4:11 · ἠγάπησεν · ἀγαπᾶν·Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.1 John 4:12 · ἀγαπῶμενNo one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.1 John 4:19 · ἀγαπῶμεν · ἠγάπησενWe love him, because he first loved us.1 John 4:20 · ἀγαπῶ · ἀγαπῶν · ἀγαπᾶν·If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?1 John 4:21 · ἀγαπῶν · ἀγαπᾷThis commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.1 John 5:1 · ἀγαπῶν · ἀγαπᾷWhoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.1 John 5:2 · ἀγαπῶμεν · ἀγαπῶμενBy this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.2 John 1:1 · ἀγαπῶThe elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth;2 John 1:5 · ἀγαπῶμενNow I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.3 John 1:1 · ἀγαπῶThe elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.Jude 1:1 · ἠγαπημένοιςJude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:Revelation 1:5 · ἀγαπῶντιand from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;Revelation 3:9 · ἠγάπησάBehold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.Revelation 12:11 · ἠγάπησανThey overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.Revelation 20:9 · ἠγαπημένην.They went up over the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them.