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Romans 9:25 As he also says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people, I will call ‘my people,’ and her who (ēgapēmenēn | ἠγαπημένην | perf pass ptcp acc sg fem) was (ēgapēmenēn | ἠγαπημένην | perf pass ptcp acc sg fem) not beloved (ēgapēmenēn | ἠγαπημένην | perf pass ptcp acc sg fem), I will call ‘beloved.’” (ēgapēmenēn | ἠγαπημένην | perf pass ptcp acc sg fem)
Romans 13:8 Owe no one anything, except to (agapan | ἀγαπᾶν | pres act inf ) love (agapan | ἀγαπᾶν | pres act inf ) one another; for the one who loves (agapōn | ἀγαπῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” (and any other commandment there may be) are summed up in this “You shall love (agapēseis | ἀγαπήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) your neighbor as yourself.”
1 Corinthians 2:9 But, as it is written, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, nor has the mind of man imagined, the things that God has prepared for those who love (agapōsin | ἀγαπῶσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) him.”
1 Corinthians 8:3 But if someone loves (agapa | ἀγαπᾷ | pres act ind 3 sg) God, he is known by God.
2 Corinthians 9:7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly nor under constraint, for it is the cheerful giver whom God loves (agapa | ἀγαπᾷ | pres act ind 3 sg).
2 Corinthians 11:11 Why is that? Is it because I (agapō | ἀγαπῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) do (agapō | ἀγαπῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) not love (agapō | ἀγαπῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) you? God knows I do.
2 Corinthians 12:15 I will most gladly spend and be spent on behalf of your souls. If I (agapō | ἀγαπῶ | ) love (agapō | ἀγαπῶ | ) you more, am (agapōmai | ἀγαπῶμαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) I (agapōmai | ἀγαπῶμαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) to (agapōmai | ἀγαπῶμαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) be (agapōmai | ἀγαπῶμαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) loved (agapōmai | ἀγαπῶμαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) less?
Galatians 2:20 and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved (agapēsantos | ἀγαπήσαντος | aor act ptcp gen sg masc) me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 5:14 For the entire law is summed up in a single command: “You shall love (agapēseis | ἀγαπήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) your neighbor as yourself.”
Ephesians 1:6 to the praise of his glorious grace with which he has highly favored us in the Beloved (ēgapēmenō | ἠγαπημένῳ | perf pass ptcp dat sg masc).
Ephesians 2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved (ēgapēsen | ἠγάπησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) us,
Ephesians 5:2 and live in love, just as Christ loved (ēgapēsen | ἠγάπησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) us and gave himself for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love (agapate | ἀγαπᾶτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) your wives, just as Christ loved (ēgapēsen | ἠγάπησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the church and gave himself up for her,
Ephesians 5:28 In the same way husbands also should love (agapan | ἀγαπᾶν | pres act inf ) their wives as their own bodies. He who loves (agapōn | ἀγαπῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) his wife loves (agapa | ἀγαπᾷ | pres act ind 3 sg) himself,
Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless, each one of you is (agapatō | ἀγαπάτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) to (agapatō | ἀγαπάτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) love (agapatō | ἀγαπάτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) his wife as he loves himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.
Ephesians 6:24 Grace be with all who love (agapōntōn | ἀγαπώντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) our Lord Jesus Christ, with love incorruptible.
Colossians 3:12 clothe yourselves with Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved (ēgapēmenoi | ἠγαπημένοι | perf pass ptcp nom pl masc), clothe yourselves with heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love (agapate | ἀγαπᾶτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) your wives and do not become bitter toward them.
1 Thessalonians 1:4 We know, brothers loved (ēgapēmenoi | ἠγαπημένοι | perf pass ptcp voc pl masc) by God, that he has chosen you,
1 Thessalonians 4:9 Now with regard to brotherly love you have no need for us to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God how to love (agapan | ἀγαπᾶν | pres act inf ) one another.
2 Thessalonians 2:13 But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved (ēgapēmenoi | ἠγαπημένοι | perf pass ptcp voc pl masc) by the Lord, because God chose you as first fruits for salvation, by sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth.
2 Thessalonians 2:16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved (agapēsas | ἀγαπήσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace,
2 Timothy 4:8 Now is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that Day, but not only to me but also to everyone who has loved (ēgapēkosi | ἠγαπηκόσι | perf act ptcp dat pl masc) his appearing.
2 Timothy 4:10 for Demas deserted me because he loved (agapēsas | ἀγαπήσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) the present age and has gone to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
Hebrews 1:9 You have loved (ēgapēsas | ἠγάπησας | aor act ind 2 sg) righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”
Hebrews 12:6 For the Lord disciplines the one he loves (agapa | ἀγαπᾷ | pres act ind 3 sg), and corrects with punishment everyone whom he receives as a son.”
James 1:12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast when tested, because once he is shown to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love (agapōsin | ἀγαπῶσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) him.
James 2:5 Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose those whom the world considers poor to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom, which he promised to those who love (agapōsin | ἀγαπῶσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) him?
James 2:8 If you really fulfill the royal law as set forth in this scripture, “You shall love (agapēseis | ἀγαπήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
1 Peter 1:8 Though you have not seen him, you love (agapate | ἀγαπᾶτε | pres act ind 2 pl) him. Though not seeing him now, yet believing in him, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and filled with glory,
1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that there is a sincere love for other believers, love (agapēsate | ἀγαπήσατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) one another fervently from a pure heart,
1 Peter 2:17 Honor everyone; love (agapate | ἀγαπᾶτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) the brotherhood; reverence God; honor the king.
1 Peter 3:10 For “The one who desires to (agapan | ἀγαπᾶν | pres act inf ) love (agapan | ἀγαπᾶν | pres act inf ) life and to see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
2 Peter 2:15 Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, following the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved (ēgapēsen | ἠγάπησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the reward of wrongdoing.
1 John 2:10 The one who loves (agapōn | ἀγαπῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) his brother is living in the light and in him there is no cause for stumbling.
1 John 2:15 Do (agapate | ἀγαπᾶτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) not love (agapate | ἀγαπᾶτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves (agapa | ἀγαπᾷ | pres act subj 3 sg) the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 3:10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is 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) his brother.
1 John 3:11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning: that we should love (agapōmen | ἀγαπῶμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) one another.
1 John 3:14 We know that we have crossed over from death to life, because we love (agapōmen | ἀγαπῶμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) the brothers. Whoever does (agapōn | ἀγαπῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) not love (agapōn | ἀγαπῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) remains in the realm of death.
1 John 3:18 Little children, let (agapōmen | ἀγαπῶμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) us (agapōmen | ἀγαπῶμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) love (agapōmen | ἀγαπῶμεν | pres act subj 1 pl), not in word or speech but in action and truth.
1 John 3:23 And this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love (agapōmen | ἀγαπῶμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) one another, just as he gave us the commandment.
1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love (agapōmen | ἀγαπῶμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves (agapōn | ἀγαπῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:8 The person (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) does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we have loved (ēgapēkamen | ἠγαπήκαμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) God but that he loved (ēgapēsen | ἠγάπησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) us and sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:11 Dear friends, if God loved (ēgapēsen | ἠγάπησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) us like that, we also ought to (agapan | ἀγαπᾶν | pres act inf ) love (agapan | ἀγαπᾶν | pres act inf ) one another.
1 John 4:12 No one has ever seen God. If we love (agapōmen | ἀγαπῶμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) one another, God abides in us, and his love has achieved its goal in us.
1 John 4:19 We love (agapōmen | ἀγαπῶμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) because he first loved (ēgapēsen | ἠγάπησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) us.
1 John 4:20 If someone says, “I love (agapō | ἀγαπῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for 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) his brother whom he has seen, cannot love (agapan | ἀγαπᾶν | pres act inf ) God whom he has not seen.
1 John 4:21 And the commandment we have from him is this: the one who loves (agapōn | ἀγαπῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) God must also love (agapa | ἀγαπᾷ | pres act subj 3 sg) his brother.

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