Sentences with phrase «express agape love»
Marriage counseling can help remind Christians about God's love, and encourage the couple to express agape love with one another daily.
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Nothing «turns into» agape, but love experienced in depth within the context of faith in God's agape becomes an occasion for gratitude, humility and the celebration which expresses the life of God's people in his world.
Jesus gave so clear a picture of what a life centered in the love of God and expressing itself in love for others would be that, when the New Testament was written in Greek, the meaning of agape was transformed.
Agape, on the other hand, is love expressed by an agent already fulfilled in its own terms, and it is directed not as a seeking but as a concern for the beloved.
When we speak of loving those who oppose us we refer to neither eros nor philia; we speak of a love which is expressed in the Greek word agape.
Nygren thus uses his doctrine of the contrasting motifs of eros and agape to point to what is distinctive in the Reformation conception of love, but he treats this as the only interpretation of love which really expresses the New Testament conception.
One should also be ready to express their love (agape love) in good times and bad times when starting a godly relationshsip.