The Three forms of Love

If we were to study Greek, we would understand that there are three forms of love in the Greek language. Why, you can always love your mom, can’t you? But is that love equal to the one you have for your girlfriend? Though, you can always love your male friends and that doesn’t mean that you are gay. Love can of different kinds: sexual love, just liking and deep emotional love.

In the Greek language, there are three words: Eros (romantic love), Phileo (plain brotherly love) and Agape (deepest love). Eros means that you have a strong romantic desire for the other person and when you are thinking about your girlfriend, that’s Eros. When you meet your buddy Jack and help him with his car, that’s Phileo, your show of brotherly love toward him. And then we come to the Agape, the deepest form of love. God commands us to love and have faith in him ‘with all our heart, all our might, all our soul and all our body’. That’s what’s called Agape.

At times, we tend to feel someone so hard that we transgress all borders and become whole with him or her. At this point, it’s neither Phileo nor Eros. It’s Agape.

You can even find example of it in the bible as well:

Peter denies Jesus thrice (Matthew 26:44 and Matthew 26:69-75). Jesus reminds him of that with three questions in John 21:15-17.

Instance 1: “…Jesus said to Peter, ‘Simon, Jonas’ son, (agape) you me more than these?’ Peter said, ‘Lord, you know I (phileo) you’”

Instance 2: “’…Simon, Jonas’ son, (agape) you me?’ Peter said, ‘Yeah, Lord, you know I (phileo) you”

Instance 3: “’…Simon, do you (phileo) me?’ Peter was grieved…”

...You can clearly see what Lord Jesus meant and what Peter replied. Anyway...

Well, chill out, guys. You need not learn bible to impress girls but this was just a profound thought on love, researched and found!

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