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Verb agapaō (to love) in the New Testament
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 5: 43 | "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love (agapaō) your neighbor and hate your enemy.' |
| 5: 44 | But I say to you, Love (agapaō) your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, |
| 5: 46 | For if you love (agapaō) those who love (agapaō) you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? |
| 6: 24 | "No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love (agapaō) the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. |
| 19: 19 | Honor your father and mother; also, You shall love (agapaō) your neighbor as yourself." |
| 22: 37 | He said to him, "'You shall love (agapaō) the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' |
| 22: 39 | And a second is like it: 'You shall love (agapaō) your neighbor as yourself.' |
Mark
| 10: 21 | Jesus, looking at him, loved (agapaō) him and said, "You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." |
| 12: 30 | you shall love (agapaō) the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' |
| 12: 31 | The second is this, 'You shall love (agapaō) your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." |
| 12: 33 | and 'to love (agapaō) him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength,' and 'to love (agapaō) one's neighbor as oneself,' - this is much more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." |
Luke
| 6: 27 | "But I say to you that listen, Love (agapaō) your enemies, do good to those who hate you, |
| 6: 32 | "If you love (agapaō) those who love (agapaō) you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love (agapaō) those who love (agapaō) them. |
| 6: 35 | But love (agapaō) your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. |
| 7: 5 | for he loves (agapaō) our people, and it is he who built our synagogue for us." |
| 7: 42 | When they could not pay, he canceled the debts for both of them. Now which of them will love (agapaō) him more?" |
| 7: 47 | Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love (agapaō). But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves (agapaō) little." |
| 10: 27 | He answered, "You shall love (agapaō) the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." |
| 11: 43 | Woe to Pharisees! For you love (agapaō) to have the seat of honor in the synagogues and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces. |
| 16: 13 | No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love (agapaō) the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth." |
John
| 3: 16 | "For God so loved (agapaō) the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. |
| 3: 19 | And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved (agapaō) darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. |
| 3: 35 | The Father loves (agapaō) the Son and has placed all things in his hands. |
| 8: 42 | Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love (agapaō) me, for I came from God and now I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me. |
| 10: 17 | For this reason the Father loves (agapaō) me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. |
| 11: 5 | Accordingly, though Jesus loved (agapaō) Martha and her sister and Lazarus, |
| 12: 43 | for they loved (agapaō) human glory more than the glory that comes from God. |
| 13: 1 | Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved (agapaō) his own who were in the world, he loved (agapaō) them to the end. |
| 13: 23 | One of his disciples - the one whom Jesus loved (agapaō) - was reclining next to him; |
| 13: 34 | I give you a new commandment, that you love (agapaō) one another. Just as I have loved (agapaō) you, you also should love (agapaō) one another. |
| 14: 15 | "If you love (agapaō) me, you will keep my commandments. |
| 14: 21 | They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love (agapaō) me; and those who love (agapaō) me will be loved (agapaō) by my Father, and I will love (agapaō) them and reveal myself to them." |
| 14: 23 | Jesus answered him, "Those who love (agapaō) me will keep my word, and my Father will love (agapaō) them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. |
| 14: 24 | Whoever does not love (agapaō) me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Father who sent me. |
| 14: 28 | You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I am coming to you.' If you loved (agapaō) me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I. |
| 14: 31 | but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love (agapaō) the Father. Rise, let us be on our way. |
| 15: 9 | As the Father has loved (agapaō) me, so I have loved (agapaō) you; abide in my love. |
| 15: 12 | "This is my commandment, that you love (agapaō) one another as I have loved (agapaō) you. |
| 15: 17 | I am giving you these commands so that you may love (agapaō) one another. |
| 17: 23 | I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved (agapaō) them even as you have loved (agapaō) me. |
| 17: 24 | Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved (agapaō) me before the foundation of the world. |
| 17: 26 | I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved (agapaō) me may be in them, and I in them." |
| 19: 26 | When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved (agapaō) standing beside her, he said to his mother, "Woman, here is your son." |
| 21: 7 | That disciple whom Jesus loved (agapaō) said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on some clothes, for he was naked, and jumped into the sea. |
| 21: 15 | When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you love (agapaō) me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I like you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs." |
| 21: 16 | A second time he said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love (agapaō) me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I like you." Jesus said to him, "Tend my sheep." |
| 21: 20 | Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved (agapaō) following them; he was the one who had reclined next to Jesus at the supper and had said, "Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?" |
1 Jean
| 2: 10 | Whoever loves (agapaō) a brother or sister lives in the light, and in such a person there is no cause for stumbling. |
| 2: 15 | Do not love (agapaō) the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love (agapaō) the world; |
| 3: 10 | The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love (agapaō) their brothers and sisters. |
| 3: 11 | For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love (agapaō) one another. |
| 3: 14 | We know that we have passed from death to life because we love (agapaō) one another. Whoever does not love (agapaō) abides in death. |
| 3: 18 | Little children, let us love (agapaō), not in word or speech, but in truth and action. |
| 3: 23 | And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love (agapaō) one another, just as he has commanded us. |
| 4: 7 | Beloved, let us love (agapaō) one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves (agapaō) is born of God and knows God. |
| 4: 8 | Whoever does not love (agapaō) does not know God, for God is love. |
| 4: 10 | In this is love, not that we loved (agapaō) God but that he loved (agapaō) us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. |
| 4: 11 | Beloved, since God loved (agapaō) us so much, we also ought to love (agapaō) one another. |
| 4: 12 | No one has ever seen God; if we love (agapaō) one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. |
| 4: 19 | We love (agapaō) because he first loved (agapaō) us. |
| 4: 20 | Those who say, "I love (agapaō) God," and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love (agapaō) a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love (agapaō) God whom they have not seen. |
| 4: 21 | The commandment we have from him is this: those who love (agapaō) God must love (agapaō) their brothers and sisters also. |
| 5: 1 | Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves (agapaō) the parent loves (agapaō) the child. |
| 5: 2 | By this we know that we love (agapaō) the children of God, when we love (agapaō) God and obey his commandments. |
2 Jean
| 1: 1 | The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love (agapaō) in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth, |
| 1: 5 | But now, dear lady, I ask you, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning, let us love (agapaō) one another. |
3 Jean
| 1: 1 | The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love (agapaō) in truth. |
1 Thessalonians
| 1: 4 | For we know, brothers and sisters beloved (agapaō) by God, that he has chosen you, |
| 4: 9 | Now concerning love (agapaō) of the brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love (agapaō) one another; |
2 Thessalonians
| 2: 13 | But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters beloved (agapaō) by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth. |
| 2: 16 | Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved (agapaō) us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, |
1 Corinthians
| 2: 9 | But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love (agapaō) him" |
| 8: 3 | but anyone who loves (agapaō) God is known by him. |
2 Corinthians
| 9: 7 | Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves (agapaō) a cheerful giver. |
| 11: 11 | And why? Because I do not love (agapaō) you? God knows I do! |
Galatians
| 2: 20 | and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved (agapaō) me and gave himself for me. |
| 5: 14 | For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, "You shall love (agapaō) your neighbor as yourself." |
Romans
| 8: 28 | We know that all things work together for good for those who love (agapaō) God, who are called according to his purpose. |
| 8: 37 | No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved (agapaō) us. |
| 9: 13 | As it is written, "I have loved (agapaō) Jacob, but I have hated Esau." |
| 9: 25 | As indeed he says in Hosea, "Those who were not my people I will call 'my people,' and her who was not beloved (agapaō) I will call 'beloved (agapaō).'" |
| 13: 8 | Owe no one anything, except to love (agapaō) one another; for the one who loves (agapaō) another has fulfilled the law. |
| 13: 9 | The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet"; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, "Love (agapaō) your neighbor as yourself." |
Colossians
| 3: 12 | As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved (agapaō), clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. |
| 3: 19 | Husbands, love (agapaō) your wives and never treat them harshly. |
Ephesians
| 1: 6 | to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved (agapaō). |
| 2: 4 | But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love (agapaō) with which he loved (agapaō) us |
| 5: 2 | and live in love, as Christ loved (agapaō) us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. |
| 5: 25 | Husbands, love (agapaō) your wives, just as Christ loved (agapaō) the church and gave himself up for her, |
| 5: 28 | In the same way, husbands should love (agapaō) their wives as they do their own bodies. He who loves (agapaō) his wife loves (agapaō) himself. |
| 5: 33 | Each of you, however, should love (agapaō) his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband. |
| 6: 24 | Grace be with all who have an undying love (agapaō) for our Lord Jesus Christ. |
2 Timothy
| 4: 8 | From now on 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 also to all who loved (agapaō) his appearing. |
| 4: 10 | for Demas, in love (agapaō) with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. |
Hebrews
| 1: 9 | You have loved (agapaō) righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions." |
| 12: 6 | for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves (agapaō), and chastises every child whom he accepts." |
James
| 1: 12 | Blessed is anyone who endures temptation. Such a one has stood the test and will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love (agapaō) him. |
| 2: 5 | Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love (agapaō) him? |
| 2: 8 | You do well if you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, "You shall love (agapaō) your neighbor as yourself." |
1 Peter
| 1: 8 | Although you have not seen him, you love (agapaō) him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, |
| 1: 22 | Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual love, love (agapaō) one another deeply from the heart. |
| 2: 17 | Honor everyone. Love (agapaō) the family of believers. Fear God. Honor the emperor. |
| 3: 10 | For "Those who love (agapaō) life and desire to see good days, let them keep their tongues from evil and their lips from speaking deceit; |
2 Peter
| 2: 15 | They have left the straight road and have gone astray, following the road of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved (agapaō) the wages of doing wrong, |
Jude
| 1: 1 | Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, who are beloved (agapaō) in God the Father and kept safe for Jesus Christ: |
Revelation
| 1: 5 | and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves (agapaō) us and freed us from our sins by his blood, |
| 3: 9 | I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but are lying - I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved (agapaō) you. |
| 12: 11 | But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not love (agapaō) their life even in the face of death. |
| 20: 9 | They marched up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved (agapaō) city. And fire came down from heaven and consumed them. |
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