Phileo Love
virtueWarm friendship and brotherly affection — the love of close companions who share life and loyalty together.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
Follow the flow
Phileo Love connects to different paths in Scripture:
Phileo Love arises from Agape Love and The Trinity, and leads to Faith and Church.
Reading Path
Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”Romans 5:8 →
“Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”John 15:15 →
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”Micah 6:8 →
“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”Acts 1:8 →
“Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.”Habakkuk 2:4 →
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”Ephesians 2:8 →
Relationships
Anchor Scriptures 19 verses
“A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
Read in context →“And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.”
Read in context →“Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.”
Read in context →“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.”
Read in context →“Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.”
Read in context →“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.”
Read in context →“And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.”
Read in context →“Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”
Read in context →“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;”
Read in context →“For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.”
Read in context →“Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:”
Read in context →“Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.”
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 →“The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;”
Read in context →“So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.”
Read in context →“Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:”
Read in context →“He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.”
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