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Dictionary of Biblical Words
:
The
second
of the two attributes of
God
. God is said once to be
light
,
1 John 1:5
5
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (1 John 1:5)
; and twice to be
love
,
1 John 4:8-16
8
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. (1 John 4:8‑16)
.
Christ
on
earth
, being the fullness of the
Godhead
, possessed both these attributes,
only
with
their characters modified in relation to
the
world
where
they
shine. Thus
love
in the midst of need becomes
grave
,
while light in the midst of
darkness
and error is necessarily
truth
,
both of which carne into
this
world by Christ alone. No part of that sublime
prayer
in John 17 is more wonderful than those words, which tell us that this love rests on us, as it rested on Christ. We must never separate these two attributes of God. Light without love in God is inconceivable, and simply annihilates us; in us, however, it leads to coldness and hardness. Love without light in God is equally impossible, in us it leads to laxity and carelessness.
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
25
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
ἀγαπάω
Transliteration:
agapao
Phonic:
ag-ap-ah’-o
Meaning:
perhaps from ἄγαν (much) (or compare
5689
); to love (in a social or moral sense)
KJV Usage:
(be-)love(-ed). Compare
5368
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