Scripture: Acts 10:44-48 • Psalm 98 • 1 John 5:1-6 • John 15:9-17
αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ ἐμή ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους καθὼς ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς
"This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you."
How do we love one another as Jesus has loved us? This is the passage in John which follows Jesus' teaching on the vine and the branches. In this passage he also called us friends.
The Greek agape (ᾰ̓γᾰ́πη) is the form of love Jesus uses in his commandment. Different than the brotherly, friendship kind of love.
So what does Jesus mean? How do we love as Jesus commanded us to love? Read Debie Thomas' "It's All About Love." See also Lucy Strandlum's "Abide in Love."
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