What Is Love?

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Understanding God’s Love and Our Call to Love Others!

20 Bible Verses About What Is Love!

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This page is a Christian-focused exploration of the question “What is love?” It contrasts God’s perfect Love with our human understanding. It explains several types of Love using Greek terms: storge (family affection), philia (friendship), eros (romantic Love), agape (unconditional, principle-based Love), as well as additional categories such as obsessive, enduring, playful, and self-love (from Marriage.com).

It emphasizes that Love is not just a feeling but an action and commitment that puts others first—expressed through forgiveness, vulnerability, listening, and quality time. The article connects Love with positive health outcomes and anchors its message in numerous Bible verses (e.g., John 3:16, John 15:13, Matthew 22:37–39), stressing that God is Love and that we’re called to love God and others. It also offers links, resources, and contact options for encouragement, counseling, and learning more about God and relationships.

Matthew 22:37-39 Jesus replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

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Eight Different Types Of Love!

1. Family Love Or Storgy

This refers to the type we share with our family – parents, grandparents, siblings, cousins, etc.

2. Marital Love Or Eros

This is the romantic Love we feel with a partner we wish to marry or have already married.

3. Love By The Principle – Agape

This Love is not based on emotions but on principles. It is referred to as the Love for people we do not like, the Love for the unlovable.

4. Brotherly Love – Phileo/Philia

As the name suggests, Brotherly Love is Love for our close ones, which we hold as dear as family. However, these people are not our family by blood.

5. Obsessive Love – Mania

Obsessive Love, also known as Mania, is an obsession with one person or a particular way of loving them. This kind of Love can hinder your growth and interfere with your personal and professional life.

Also, Try The Do You Have An Obsessive Love Disorder Quiz

6. Enduring Love – Pragma

Enduring Love is the deep, true Love that people in long, meaningful relationships experience.

7. Playful Love – Ludus

Playful Love, also called young Love, is what you feel when you think the whole world has conspired to bring you two together. However, this Love has an expiry date and might fade over time.