Agape Love

In the New Testament, our English word for “love” is used in the place of four different Greek words: Philia (brotherly love), Eros (passionate love), Storge (parental love) and Agape (selfless love.) Agape is the love that God has for humanity, and that Christians should aspire to have for God and all people.

Two people sitting on a bench.

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Godly love far exceeds agape. The love God has for us goes much deeper than we can imagine. It implies a decision to love someone even when there is no expectation of a reciprocal response. It often is not a mutual, two-way love.

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A man sitting in an airport terminal looking at this laptop screen.

A woman look up into the sky.

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