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Yes, God does phileo His creation. The Greek word phileo refers to a “friendship love.”. It is an emotional love. However, it is not a sexual love like the Greek word eros; nor does it refer to a brother-sister love like stereo. In most of the New Testament, we are told that God loves us with an agape love. While agape appears to lack ...
In the New Testament, there are two basic Greek nouns for love: αγαπη (agape) and φιλια (philia). Their Greek verb forms are αγαπαο (agapao) and φιλεω (phileo). There are also two additional Greek nouns for love: ερω s (erοs), and στοργη (storgε). We will now explore their meanings. The Greek in the New Testament ...
Hendrickson Publishers, 1997. p. 668. Titus 2:4 is a command for Christian wives to love their husbands. The first part of the Greek word comes from PHILEO which refers to a love that has emotion. So the verse is telling Christian women to love their husbands with emotion, to like their husbands and care for them.
Let me give you a sense of this word. In Matthew 10:37 phileo is used of the love we have for our father and mother. In John 5:20 phileo is used to refer to the love God the Father has for the Son of God. In John 11:3 phileo is used for the friendship that existed between Jesus and Lazarus, and it is used to refer to the kiss Judas gave Jesus ...
Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ . . . 2 Peter 1:1 (NASB) We already know what the word “apostle” means. An apostle just means, “sent one.”. The message is that Peter was sent. We just read Peter’s commissioning to shepherd the flock and to teach the flock. Peter was sent.
John 15:9-10. The Greek word for “abide” is meno. It occurs two times in these two verses. The word meno means “to remain” or “to stay.”. It is the simple idea of remaining in a place. The Greek word for love in both verses is agapao and agape. Agapao is the verb form of the noun agape. Both words refer to the highest form of love.
Jesus did – His mother. After His death and return to life, Mary Magdalene ran into Peter first and then John. John 20:2 says that Jesus loved John. But the Greek word for love is different from all of the other “who Jesus loved.” The Greek word had been AGAPE – God’s love. This time scripture tells us that Jesus PHILEO’ed John.
The last verse reveals that true faith includes an emotional love for Jesus Christ. This will not necessarily be evident at the moment of saving faith. It often will come later. The Greek word translated as “love” comes from PHILEO. This word includes the idea of friendship love. It has a sense of emotional attachment to another person.
1 Corinthians 16:22 tells us that if a person does not love Jesus, then he/she is divinely cursed. The Greek word for love is phileo in this verse and it refers to friendship love. If anyone does not love the Lord, he is to be accursed. Maranatha. 1 Corinthians 16:22 (NASB) 1 Peter 1:8 describes an important characteristic of a Christian.
The answer to the question is no. The English Bible translations are not 100% accurate to the original Greek. But that does not mean the sense or meaning is elusive. What follows is a brief explanation of why the Bible is trustworthy and inerrant. For a more complete explanation visit How Accurate Is the Bible?