1Corinthians 12: ²⁹Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? ³⁰Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? ³¹But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.

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Chapter 13

1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love (agape), I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal – Love is the Greek Word agape.

Eros: After the god of love in Greek mythology, son of Aphrodite; thus, sensual love between the sexes, etc. Erotic. Appears nowhere in NT (OT: Proverbs, Hosea, Ezekiel.)

Phileo: Friendship among friends; kind feelings toward one another; natural affection, brotherly love. Philadelphia.

Storge: (store gay) It refers to family love, the kind of love there is between a parent and child, or between family members in general.

Agape: This is a coined word in NT; (20X in LXX; 116 X in NT, 75 in Paul). It is a love lavished on others without a thought whether they are worthy or not. Agape love gives and loves because it wants to; it does not demand or expect repayment from the love given. It proceeds from the nature of the lover, not from any attractiveness in the beloved. It is a commitment, not a feeling (cf. use of agape and phileo in Jn 21:15-17). Peter couldn