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ἀγάπη

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἀγάπη, -ης, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
agapē
Simplified transliteration: 
agape
Numbers
Strong's number: 
26
GK Number: 
27
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
116
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1b
Gloss: 
love, in the NT usually the active love of God for his Son and his people, and the active love his people are to have for God, each other, and even enemies; love feast, the common meal shared by Christians in connection with church meetings
Definition: 
love, generosity, kindly concern, devotedness;, pl. love-feasts, Jude 12

Greek-English Concordance for ἀγάπη

Matthew 24:12 and because lawlessness will be increased, the love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem) of many will grow cold.
Luke 11:42 But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, yet disregard justice and the love (agapēn | ἀγάπην | acc sg fem) of God. These you should have done, without neglecting the others.
John 5:42 but I know you — I know that you do not have the love (agapēn | ἀγάπην | acc sg fem) of God in you.
John 13:35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love (agapēn | ἀγάπην | acc sg fem) for one another.”
John 15:9 As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; abide in my love (agapē | ἀγάπῃ | dat sg fem).
John 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love (agapē | ἀγάπῃ | dat sg fem), just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love (agapē | ἀγάπῃ | dat sg fem).
John 15:13 Greater love (agapēn | ἀγάπην | acc sg fem) has no one than this, that a person lays down his life for his friends.
John 17:26 I have made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem) with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
Romans 5:5 and hope does not disappoint us, because the love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem) of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his love (agapēn | ἀγάπην | acc sg fem) for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.
Romans 8:35 Who can separate us from the love (agapēs | ἀγάπης | gen sg fem) of Christ? Can tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
Romans 8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love (agapēs | ἀγάπης | gen sg fem) of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 12:9 Let love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem) be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
Romans 13:10 Love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem) does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem) is the fulfillment of the law.
Romans 14:15 if your brother is being hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love (agapēn | ἀγάπην | acc sg fem). Do not destroy by what you eat that brother for whom Christ died.
Romans 15:30 Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love (agapēs | ἀγάπης | gen sg fem) of the Spirit, to join me in fervent prayer to God on my behalf,
1 Corinthians 4:21 What would you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of correction or with love (agapē | ἀγάπῃ | dat sg fem) in a spirit of gentleness?
1 Corinthians 8:1 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem) builds up.
1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love (agapēn | ἀγάπην | acc sg fem), I am a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13:2 And if I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love (agapēn | ἀγάπην | acc sg fem), I am nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:3 If I give away everything I own, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love (agapēn | ἀγάπην | acc sg fem), it benefits me nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:4 Love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem) is patient, love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem) is kind, it does not envy. Love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem) does not brag, it is not arrogant,
1 Corinthians 13:8 Love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem) never comes to an end. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.
1 Corinthians 13:13 And now remain faith, hope, and love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem); these three. And the greatest of these is love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem).
1 Corinthians 14:1 Pursue love (agapēn | ἀγάπην | acc sg fem), and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.
1 Corinthians 16:14 Everything you do should be done in love (agapē | ἀγάπῃ | dat sg fem).
1 Corinthians 16:24 My love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem) be with you all in Christ Jesus.
2 Corinthians 2:4 For out of much distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not to cause you sorrow but to let you know the love (agapēn | ἀγάπην | acc sg fem) that I have especially for you.
2 Corinthians 2:8 So I urge you to show that your love (agapēn | ἀγάπην | acc sg fem) for him is real.
2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem) of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this: that one has died for all; therefore all have died.
2 Corinthians 6:6 by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love (agapē | ἀγάπῃ | dat sg fem);
2 Corinthians 8:7 But as you excel in everything — in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all eagerness, and in the love (agapē | ἀγάπῃ | dat sg fem) we have aroused in you — make sure that you excel in this act of kindness.
2 Corinthians 8:8 I am not saying this as an order, but as a way of testing the genuineness of your love (agapēs | ἀγάπης | gen sg fem) by comparison with the eagerness of others.
2 Corinthians 8:24 Therefore show them openly before the churches the proof of your love (agapēs | ἀγάπης | gen sg fem) and the reason for our pride in you.
2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, rejoice, strive for maturity, take courage, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love (agapēs | ἀγάπης | gen sg fem) and peace will be with you.
2 Corinthians 13:13 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem) of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith expressing itself through love (agapēs | ἀγάπης | gen sg fem).
Galatians 5:13 For you, brothers, were called to freedom. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love (agapēs | ἀγάπης | gen sg fem) serve one another.
Galatians 5:22 By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem), joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,
Ephesians 1:4 even as he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless before him. In love (agapē | ἀγάπῃ | dat sg fem)
Ephesians 1:15 For this reason, having heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and the love (agapēn | ἀγάπην | acc sg fem) you extend to all the saints,
Ephesians 2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love (agapēn | ἀγάπην | acc sg fem) with which he loved us,
Ephesians 3:17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, rooted and grounded in love (agapē | ἀγάπῃ | dat sg fem),
Ephesians 3:19 and to know the love (agapēn | ἀγάπην | acc sg fem) of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 4:2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love (agapē | ἀγάπῃ | dat sg fem),
Ephesians 4:15 but, speaking the truth in love (agapē | ἀγάπῃ | dat sg fem), may grow up in every way into him who is the head, Christ,
Ephesians 4:16 from whom the whole body, joined and brought together by every supporting ligament, according to the working of each individual part, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love (agapē | ἀγάπῃ | dat sg fem).
Ephesians 5:2 and live in love (agapē | ἀγάπῃ | dat sg fem), just as Christ loved us and gave himself for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Ephesians 6:23 Peace be to the brothers, and love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem) with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:9 And this I pray, that your love (agapē | ἀγάπη | nom sg fem) may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,

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