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Our topic is LOVE.
I will consider it from the following categories
Which Who What When Why Where How
Which Love Not? (Noun – Philos & Verb – Phileo)
(lemma.g:φίλος OR lemma.g:φιλέω)
54 results in 48 verses
(3 words, same root φιλος – friend Jn 15:13, love Jn 21:15, kiss here at 1 Pe 5:14)
Which Love? (Noun – Agape & Verb – Agapao)
(lemma.g:=ἀγάπη OR lemma.g:=ἀγαπάω)
259 results in 207 verses (102X in John’s writings, over 1/3 of the mentions, nearly 40%)
1 Jn 4 – 27X, Jn 14 – 10X, Jn 15 & 1 Jn 3 & 1 Cor 13 – 9X
1 Jn 4:7-21 – 27X in 15 verses
This love is not drawn out by any excellency in its objects.
Rom. 5:8; Jer 17:9; Isa 1:6
God’s love was an exercise of the divine will in deliberate choice,
made without assignable cause save that which lies in the nature of God Himself,
Cf. Deut. 7:7, 8. Love had its perfect expression among men in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Christian love is the fruit of His Spirit in the Christian, Gal. 5:22,23 Vine, W. E.
A unconditional selfless, and sacrificial love!
Feeling or Willing!
Who are we to Love?
God (The Godhead)
Mt 22:37 Love God heart soul mind (Deut. 6:5)
Mk 12:30 Love God heart soul mind strength
Lk 10:27 Love God heart soul strength mind
2 Th 3:5 (1 Jn 4:19 NKJV; 1 Jn 4:19)
Phm 4-5 The apostles joy over love for God
Rom. 8:28 all things work together for good to those who love God
How we know we love The Godhead
2 Jn 5 commandment we had from the beginning-that we love one another.
2 Jn 6 And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments;
1 Jn 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments
Jn 14:21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me
Jn 14:15 If you love me, you will keep my commandments
1 Jn 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.
Jn 14:23 If anyone loves me, he will keep my word
1 Jn 2:5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected
Jn 21:15 “do you ἀγαπάω me?” Yes, Lord, I φιλέω you; “Feed my lambs.”
Jn 21:16 “do you ἀγαπάω me?” Yes, Lord, I φιλέω you; “Tend my sheep.” (1 Pet 5:2; Act 20:28)
Jn 21:17 “do you φιλέω me?” you know I φιλέω you~ “Feed my sheep.”
How we know we do not love The Godhead Properly
Jn 14:24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words.
1 Jn 4:21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
1 Jn 3:17 But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?
1 Jn 4:20 If one ~ hates his brother, he ~ cannot love God
1 Jn 4:7,8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Jn 5:42 But I know that you do not have the love of God within you. (Matt 23:37; Luke 13:34)
Neighbour
Mat 19:19 Love your neighbor as yourself (Lev. 19:18)
Mat 22:39 Love your neighbor as yourself
Mark 12:31 Love your neighbor as yourself
Mark 12:33 Love one’s neighbor as oneself
Romans 13:9 Love your neighbor as yourself
Galatians 5:14 Love your neighbor as yourself
James 2:8 Love your neighbor as yourself
Luke 10:27 Love ~ your neighbor as yourself (Luke 10:29)
Enemies
Mat 5:44 Love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you,
Luke 6:27 Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Luke 6:35 Love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return
The community of believers (brotherhood)
1 Pet 2:17 “Love the brotherhood“
Love One Another (19X) Sibling Believers
(lemma.g:=ἀγάπη OR lemma.g:=ἀγαπάω) AND lemma.g:=ἀλλήλων (Not ἕτερος)
Jn 13:34,35 new commandment that you love one another as I have loved you
Jn 15:12 my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you
2 Jn 5 the Commandment to you, from the beginning: that we love one another
1 Jn 3:23 God’s commandment ~ believe and love one another
Jn 15:17 NKJV I command you, love one another
Jn 13:35 people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another
1 Th 4:9 you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another
Heb 10:24 stir up one another to love and good works
1 Pe 1:22 a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart
1 Jn 3:11 message, instruction, directive from the beginning to love one another
1 Jn 4:7-8,9 God is love, let us love one another
1 Jn 4:10,11 God loved us first, we also ought to love one another
1 Jn 4:12 If we love one another, God’s love is perfected in us
1 Th 3:12 may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and all
2 Th 1:3 Thank God! your love for one another is increasing
Ro 13:8 your only debt, love one another
Ga 5:13 through love serve one another (Mark 9:35)
Eph 4:2 bearing with one another in love
(Col 3:13;1 Pe 4:8 NCV;1 Pe 4:8 MESSAGE;1 Cor 6:7;Mat 18:15,16,17)
1 Pe 5:14;(2 Pe 1:5 CSB,2 Pe 1:6 CSB,2 Pe 1:7 CSB) ἀγαπάω and φίλημα together
(Gal 5:22-23 CSB;1 Cor 9:27 CSB)
Love Brother OR Brethren (1X)
(lemma.g:=ἀγαπάω OR lemma.g:=ἀγάπη) AND (brother OR brethren)
Ro 14:15 walking in love by being sensitive to the conscience of others
Love AND Saint OR Saints (5X)
(lemma.g:=ἀγαπάω OR lemma.g:=ἀγάπη) AND lemma.g:ἅγιος
Eph 1:15 I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints,
Col 1:4 we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints
Phm 5 I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints
Phm 7 I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother,
because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you
Heb 6:10 God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and
the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do
(25X !)
What To Love
Heb 1:9 righteousness, (Rom 8:29) “conformed to the image of his Son”
2 Tim 4:8 his appearing (1 Thess 1:10) “waiting for His Son from heaven”
1 Pet 3:10,11 love life
What NOT To Love
Jn 12:43 the glory that comes from man
Jn 3:19 the darkness
2 Tim 4:10 this present world
2 Pet 2:15 gain from wrongdoing
1 Jn 2:15 the world or the things in the world
With philos words
1 Tim 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil
Luke 16:14 Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money
2 Tim 3:4 lovers of pleasure
2 Tim 3:2 lovers of themselves (Rom 12:3)
3 John 9 loves to have the preeminence
What to Do Involving Love
Eph 3:17 “you, being rooted and grounded in love” Love is the soil!
Gal 5:22;2 Pe 1:5,6,7 “Submit to the Spirit to obtain His fruit”
1 Cor 16:14 “Let all that you do be done in love”
Eph 4:15 “speaking the truth in love” we are to grow up
Phil 1:15,16 preach Christ
Eph 5:2 “walk in love”
1 Cor 14:1 “Pursue love”
1 Tim 6:11 “Pursue love”
2 Tim 2:22 “Pursue love”
When
Before all (above all), first and always
Col 3:14 “Above all!” (upon all) put on Love
1 Pet 4:8 YLT
1 Pet 4:8 DARBY
1 Pet 4:8 NCV New Century Version
“before all” KJV “Above all!” Keep,
maintain a constant mutual love
Jude 21 abide, reside, remain, dwell, continue
Why
Jn 15:12 NKJV It is a command of our Lord to be obeyed
Jn 15:17 NKJV It is a command of our Lord to be obeyed
The Father’s Example:
Jn 3:16 Loved & gave His Son
Rom 5:8 Showed His love in Christ dying for sinners
Rom 8:37 We have victory through Him who loves us
Rom 8:39 Nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ
1 Jn 3:1 Adoption! Heirs!
1 Jn 4:9 Displayed for all through sending His Son
1 Jn 4:10 His Son as Mercy Seat!
1 Jn 4:16 God abides
1 Jn 4:17 Boldness in the day of judgment
1 Jn 4:18 Perfect love casts out fear
1 Jn 4:19 He loved us first
Jn 17:23 you ~ loved them even as you loved me
Jn 17:26 that the love with which you have loved me may be in them
The Son’s Example:
1 Jn 3:16 Laid down His life for us
Jn 13:1 having loved his own ~ he loved them to the end
Jn 13:34 just as I have loved you ~ love one another
Jn 15:12 that you love one another as I have loved you
Rom 8:35 Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ
2 Cor 5:14 Controlling love of Christ
Rev 1:5 To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
The Spirit’s Example:
Rom 5:5 God’s love ~ though the Spirit
Rom 15:30 by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit
More Reasons Why
1 Cor 8:1 “Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies”
Phil 2:1 “if there is any ~ comfort of love (encouragement)”
Col 2:2 “that their hearts may be encouraged, united in LOVE”
(1 Pe 4:8 NCV) “brings forgiveness” EXPNT Most importantly, love each other deeply, because LOVE will cause people to forgive each other for many sins
2 Cor 2:8 Therefore I urge you to confirm your LOVE for him.
Jn 13:35 Testimony to your relationship with Christ
1 Jn 3:10 Is a testimony that you are His, and His act in LOVE
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples—if you have LOVE for one another.”
1 Jn 3:14 Our new-found love of the brethren of like mind is a witness to ourselves that we have changed
Where
Luke 10:29 Wherever there is a brother or neighbour who needs it
How
1 Jn 3:18 “My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth”
Rom 12:9 “Let love be without hypocrisy”
2 Cor 6:6 “purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love”
1 Pet 1:22 “by sincere love,”
1 Pet. 3:8 “love as brothers”
1 Pet 4:8 “have fervent love for one another”
The Desire of the Man of God for You
Phil 1:9 “that your love may abound”
Phil 2:2 “fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind”
Col 2:2 “that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love”
Heb 10:24 “let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works”
The Greatest Love
Jn 15:13 No one has greater LOVE than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends.