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What is Love? Love is the emotion felt and actions performed by someone concerned for the well-being of another person. Love can involve personal affection, compassion, sexual attraction, admiration, care, self-sacrifice, brotherly loyalty, benevolent concern, or worshipful adoration. There are several kinds of love mentioned in the Bible.  The Greek language has three words for love: agape, phileo, and eros. Eros is the word for sensual or romantic love. Eros is not confused with the other two because it refers to sexual love or lust.  The Hebrew word  yada  and the Greek word Eros   are the words used to indicate sexual love.  Phileo /Philia means brotherly love or friendship. The Scriptural account of David and Jonathan is an excellent illustration of  phileo  love 1 Samuel 18:1-3 Agape Agape is a kind of love God demonstrates toward His elect.  God loves without placing any conditions on the love...