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John 3:16 is the sixteenth verse in the third chapter of the Gospel of John, one of the four gospels in the New Testament.It is one of the most popular verses from the Bible and is a summary of one of Christianity's central doctrines—the relationship between the Father (God) and the Son of God (Jesus).
The phrase Deus caritas est from 1 John 4:8—or Θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν (Theos agapē estin) in the original Greek [4] is translated in the King James Version as: "God is love", and in the Douay-Rheims bible as: "God is charity" ().
Love is a key attribute of God in Christianity. 1 John 4:8 and 16 state that "God is love; and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him." [13] [14] John 3:16 states: "God so loved the world..." [15] In the New Testament, God's love for humanity or the world is expressed in Greek as agape (ἀγάπη).
[7] [8] Agape is more a love by choice than Philos, which is love by chance; and it refers to the will rather than the emotion. It describes the unconditional love God has for the world in the Christian faith. Paul describes love in 1 Corinthians 13:4–8: [9] Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
Thou Shalt Love - Sister Maurice Schnell. The Great Commandment (or Greatest Commandment) [a] is a name used in the New Testament to describe the first of two commandments cited by Jesus in Matthew 22:35–40, Mark 12:28–34, and in answer to him in Luke 10:27a:
God is Love may refer to: two statements in chapter 4 of the First Epistle of St. John: "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." (1 John 4:8) and "God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them." (1 John 4:16) Deus caritas est - Latin for "God is Love", Pope Benedict XVI's first encyclical
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. The World English Bible translates the passage as: “No one can serve two masters, for either he
Deus caritas est (English: "God is Love"), subtitled De Christiano Amore (Of Christian Love), is a 2005 encyclical, the first written by Pope Benedict XVI, in large part derived from writings by his late predecessor, Pope John Paul II. Its subject is love, as seen from a Christian perspective, and God's place within all love.