agape

Agape is something of the understanding, creative, redemptive goodwill for all men. It is a love that seeks nothing in return. It is an overflowing love... it's what theologians would call the love of God working in the lives of men. And when you rise to love on this level, you begin to love men, not because they are likeable, but because God loves them.

is disinterested love in which the individual seeks not his own good but the good of his neighbor.

disinterested love' in which the individual seeks not his own good but the good of his neighbor (I Cor. 10:24).

Agape is disinterested love. . . . Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. . . . Therefore, agape makes no distinction between friend and enemy... it is directed toward both.

is love risen to a level where you begin to love men, not because they are likeable, but because God loves them.

is purely spontaneous, unmotivated, groundless, and creative. It is the love of God operating in the human heart.

He defined agape as ''purely spontaneous, unmotivated, groundless, and creative. It is the love of God operating in the human heart'' (Papers 6:325).

is recognition of the fact that all life is interrelated. All humanity is involved in a single process, and all men are brothers. To the degree that I harm my brother, no matter what he is doing to me, to that extent I am harming myself.

Agape means recognition of the fact that all life is interrelated. All humanity is involved in a single process, and all men are brothers. To the degree that I harm my brother, no matter what he is doing to me, to that extent I am harming myself.

agape, n.All

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