Lexicon :: Strong's G25 - agapaō

As it[fn] also says in Hosea,

I will call Not My People, My People,

and she who is Unloved, Beloved.

Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

But as it is written,

What no eye has seen, no ear has heard,

and no human heart has conceived —

God has prepared these things for those who love him.

But if anyone loves God, he is known by him.

Each person should do as he has decided in his heart ​— ​not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.

Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows I do!

I will most gladly spend and be spent for you.[fn] If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body,[fn] I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement: Love your neighbor as yourself.

to the praise of his glorious grace that he lavished on us in the Beloved One.

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us,[fn]

and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

Grace be with all who have undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.[fn][fn]

Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you,

About brotherly love: You don’t need me to write you because you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because from the beginning[fn] God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

There is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved his appearing.[fn]

You have loved righteousness

and hated lawlessness;

this is why God, your God,

has anointed you

with the oil of joy

beyond your companions.[fn]

for the Lord disciplines the one he loves

and punishes every son he receives.

Blessed is the one who endures trials, because when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life that God[fn] has promised to those who love him.

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

Though you have not seen him, you love him; though not seeing him now, you believe in him, and you rejoice with inexpressible and glorious joy,

Honor everyone. Love the brothers and sisters. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

For the one who wants to love life

and to see good days,

let him keep his tongue from evil

and his lips from speaking deceit,

They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path and have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Bosor,[fn] who loved the wages of wickedness

The one who loves his brother or sister remains in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.[fn]

This is how God’s children and the devil’s children become obvious. Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother or sister.

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.