Love of God

Love of God can mean either love for God or love by God. Love for God (philotheia) is associated with the concepts of worship, and devotions towards God.^[1]

The Greek term theophilia means the love or favour of God,^[2] and theophilos means friend of God, originally in the sense of being loved by God or loved by the gods;^[3]^[4] but is today sometimes understood in the sense of showing love for God.^[5]^[6]^[7]

The Greek term agape is applied both to the love that human beings have for God and to the love that God has for them.^[8]

^ Liddell and Scott: φιλοθεΐα
^ Liddell and Scott: θεοφιλία
^ Liddell and Scott: θεόφιλος (refers the reader to θεοφίλητος
^ Liddell and Scott: θεοφίλητος
^ Teofil Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ The Baby Name Bible: The Ultimate Guide
^ Theophilos Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ ἀγάπη, Liddell and Scott: Greek-English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

[1] Liddell and Scott: φιλοθεΐα

[2] Liddell and Scott: θεοφιλία

[3] Liddell and Scott: θεόφιλος (refers the reader to θεοφίλητος

[4] Liddell and Scott: θεοφίλητος

[5] Teofil Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine

[6] The Baby Name Bible: The Ultimate Guide

[7] Theophilos Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine

[8] ἀγάπη, Liddell and Scott: Greek-English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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