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Biblical Context for ἀγαπάω

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Matthew 5:43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love (agapēseis | ἀγαπήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, love (agapate | ἀγαπᾶτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 5:46 For if you love (agapēsēte | ἀγαπήσητε | aor act subj 2 pl) those who love (agapōntas | ἀγαπῶντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love (agapēsei | ἀγαπήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and possessions.
Matthew 19:19 Honor your father and mother, and, Love (agapēseis | ἀγαπήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) your neighbor as yourself.”
Matthew 22:37 And he said to him, “‘You shall love (agapēseis | ἀγαπήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
Matthew 22:39 And a second is like it, ‘You shall love (agapēseis | ἀγαπήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) your neighbor as yourself.’
Mark 10:21 But Jesus, looking at him, loved (ēgapēsen | ἠγάπησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) him and said to him, “You lack one thing — go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor; then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.”
Mark 12:30 and you shall love (agapēseis | ἀγαπήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole life, and with your whole mind, and with your whole strength.’
Mark 12:31 The second is this: ‘You shall love (agapēseis | ἀγαπήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:33 And ‘to love (agapan | ἀγαπᾶν | pres act inf ) him with the whole heart, and with the whole understanding, and with the whole strength,’ and ‘to love (agapan | ἀγαπᾶν | pres act inf ) one’s neighbor as oneself,’ is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Luke 6:27 “But I say to you who are listening to me: Love (agapate | ἀγαπᾶτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) your enemies; do good to those who hate you,
Luke 6:32 And if you love (agapate | ἀγαπᾶτε | pres act ind 2 pl) those who love (agapōntas | ἀγαπῶντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) you, what credit is it to you? For even sinners love (agapōsin | ἀγαπῶσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) those who love (agapōntas | ἀγαπῶντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) them.
Luke 6:35 But love (agapate | ἀγαπᾶτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and evil.
Luke 7:5 for he loves (agapa | ἀγαπᾷ | pres act ind 3 sg) our nation and he built the synagogue for us.”
Luke 7:42 When they were unable to pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will (agapēsei | ἀγαπήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) love (agapēsei | ἀγαπήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) him more?”
Luke 7:47 Therefore I can tell you, “Her sins, which were many, have been forgiven, for she loved (ēgapēsen | ἠγάπησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) much. But the one to whom little is forgiven loves (agapa | ἀγαπᾷ | pres act ind 3 sg) little.’”
Luke 10:27 In answer he said, “You shall love (agapēseis | ἀγαπήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your life, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
Luke 11:43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love (agapate | ἀγαπᾶτε | pres act ind 2 pl) the seat of honor in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
Luke 16:13 “No servant is able to serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love (agapēsei | ἀγαπήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
John 3:16 “For this is how God loved (ēgapēsen | ἠγάπησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the world: he gave his one and only Son that everyone who believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:19 And the basis for judging is this, that light has come into the world and people love (ēgapēsan | ἠγάπησαν | aor act ind 3 pl) darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil.
John 3:35 The Father loves (agapa | ἀγαπᾷ | pres act ind 3 sg) the Son and has placed everything in his hands.
John 8:42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love (ēgapate | ἠγαπᾶτε | imperf act ind 2 pl) me, for I came from God and now I am here. I have not come on my own, but he sent me.
John 10:17 Therefore the Father loves (agapa | ἀγαπᾷ | pres act ind 3 sg) me, because I lay down my life in order that I may take it back again.
John 11:5 Now Jesus loved (ēgapa | ἠγάπα | imperf act ind 3 sg) Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
John 12:43 For they loved (ēgapēsan | ἠγάπησαν | aor act ind 3 pl) the praise of men more than the praise of God.
John 13:1 It was just before the festival of Passover, and Jesus, knowing that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father, showed his love (agapēsas | ἀγαπήσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) to his own who were in the world, loving (ēgapēsen | ἠγάπησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) them to the very end.
John 13:23 One of his disciples — the one Jesus loved (ēgapa | ἠγάπα | imperf act ind 3 sg) — was reclining at table close beside Jesus.
John 13:34 A new commandment I give to you: Love (agapate | ἀγαπᾶτε | pres act subj 2 pl) one another. Just as I have loved (ēgapēsa | ἠγάπησα | aor act ind 1 sg) you, you also must love (agapate | ἀγαπᾶτε | pres act subj 2 pl) one another.
John 14:15 “If you love (agapate | ἀγαπᾶτε | pres act subj 2 pl) me, you will keep my commandments.
John 14:21 The one who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves (agapōn | ἀγαπῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) me. And the one who loves (agapōn | ἀγαπῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) me will be loved (agapēthēsetai | ἀγαπηθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) by my Father, and I will love (agapēsō | ἀγαπήσω | fut act ind 1 sg) him and reveal myself to him.”
John 14:23 Jesus answered him, saying, “If anyone loves (agapa | ἀγαπᾷ | pres act subj 3 sg) me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love (agapēsei | ἀγαπήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling place with him.
John 14:24 The one (agapōn | ἀγαπῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) who (agapōn | ἀγαπῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) does (agapōn | ἀγαπῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) not love (agapōn | ἀγαπῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) me does not keep my words; and the word you are hearing is not mine, but is from the Father’s who sent me.
John 14:28 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come back to you.’ If you loved (ēgapate | ἠγαπᾶτε | imperf act ind 2 pl) me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
John 14:31 but so the world may know that I love (agapō | ἀγαπῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded me. Rise up, let us go from this place!
John 15:9 As the Father has loved (ēgapēsen | ἠγάπησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) me, I have (ēgapēsa | ἠγάπησα | aor act ind 1 sg) also loved (ēgapēsa | ἠγάπησα | aor act ind 1 sg) you; abide in my love.
John 15:12 “This is my commandment: Love (agapate | ἀγαπᾶτε | pres act subj 2 pl) one another, as I have loved (ēgapēsa | ἠγάπησα | aor act ind 1 sg) you.
John 15:17 These things I command you, so that you may love (agapate | ἀγαπᾶτε | pres act subj 2 pl) one another.
John 17:23 I in them and you in me, that they may be completely one, so that the world may know that you sent me, and that you love (ēgapēsas | ἠγάπησας | aor act ind 2 sg) them even as you (ēgapēsas | ἠγάπησας | aor act ind 2 sg) love (ēgapēsas | ἠγάπησας | aor act ind 2 sg) me.
John 17:24 Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, so they may see my glory that you have given me because you loved (ēgapēsas | ἠγάπησας | aor act ind 2 sg) me before the creation of the world.
John 17:26 I have made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love with which you have loved (ēgapēsas | ἠγάπησας | aor act ind 2 sg) me may be in them, and I in them.”
John 19:26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he (ēgapa | ἠγάπα | imperf act ind 3 sg) loved (ēgapa | ἠγάπα | imperf act ind 3 sg) standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, look, your son!”
John 21:7 Then that disciple whom Jesus loved (ēgapa | ἠγάπα | imperf act ind 3 sg) said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tucked in his outer garment (for he was wearing nothing underneath), and jumped into the sea.
John 21:15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love (agapas | ἀγαπᾷς | pres act ind 2 sg) me more than these others do?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Take care of my lambs.”
John 21:16 He said to him again, a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love (agapas | ἀγαπᾷς | pres act ind 2 sg) me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Look after my sheep.”
John 21:20 Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved (ēgapa | ἠγάπα | imperf act ind 3 sg), the one who at the supper had leaned back against Jesus and said, “Master, who is it that will betray you?”
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good for those who love (agapōsin | ἀγαπῶσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) God, for those who are called according to his purpose,
Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are winning a most glorious victory through him who loved (agapēsantos | ἀγαπήσαντος | aor act ptcp gen sg masc) us.
Romans 9:13 As it is written, “Jacob I loved (ēgapēsa | ἠγάπησα | aor act ind 1 sg), but Esau I hated.”

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