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Kinds of Love
• Eros – refers to passion.
(Not in NT)
• Stergos – natural
affection.
• Philos – friendly love.
• Agape – love out of will,
i.e. choosing to love.
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Characteristics of
Love (agape)
• “suffers long and is kind”
• “does not envy”
• “does not parade itself, is
not puffed up”
• “does not behave rudely”
• “does not seek its own”
• “is not provoked”
1 Corinthians 13
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(agape)
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1 Corinthians 13
• “thinks no evil”
• “does not rejoice in
iniquity, but rejoices in the
truth”
• “bears all things”
• “believes all things”
• “hopes all things”
• “endures all things”
• “never fails” (v. 8)
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Love Is Important
• 1 Corinthians 13:1-3
• Matthew 22:37-40
• 1 John 4:7-11
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Preaching/Teaching
• 1 John 1:1-4; 1 Timothy
4:12-16
Attendance
• Hebrews 10:24-25;
Ephesians 4:11-16
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Discipline
• Hebrews 12:7-11;
Proverbs 23:13-14
General Obedience
• John 14:15, 23-24;
1 John 5:3; 2 John 6