Agape Love
virtueThe self-giving, unconditional love of God — freely poured out on the undeserving and commanded of believers toward God and neighbor.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
Follow the flow
Agape Love connects to different paths in Scripture:
Agape Love is revealed through The Trinity, and leads to Sanctification and Worship.
Reading Path
Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”Genesis 1:26 →
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”James 1:22 →
“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”2 Corinthians 3:18 →
Relationships
Anchor Scriptures 19 verses
“Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.”
Read in context →“Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.”
Read in context →“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”
Read in context →“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Read in context →“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Read in context →“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
Read in context →“And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.”
Read in context →“And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
Read in context →“And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”
Read in context →“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”
Read in context →“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”
Read in context →“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.”
Read in context →“Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.”
Read in context →“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”
Read in context →“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”
Read in context →“And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.”
Read in context →“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”
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