The supreme concept of love that we find in the New Testament is this word Agape,

which has its ground and foundation in the character of God himself.

And it is this kind of love.

The world's definition and the Bible's definition are often at odds with each other.

And one of the reasons for the confusion that exists is because in English, we only have one word

for love, but that's not true in the Greek of the New Testament.

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The Greek language has several words for love

and different kinds of love.

Here's R.C. Sproll to explain some of their New Testament uses and nuances.

There are three ways in which we speak about God's love,

his love of benevolence, his love of beneficence,

and thirdly, his love of complacency. Now we ought not to

confuse those three types of love with what every Christian has heard at some time or another from the pulpit of the three

words for love that are found in the Greek language.

I mean that's a common theme. found in the Greek language.

I mean that's a common theme that you hear

that when the Bible speaks of love,

we have to be careful to distinguish

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