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• 1 John 4:16

  First John 4:16 confesses that believers have known and believed the love of God, declares that "God is love," and teaches that God and the one who dwells in love dwell in each other. It is widely quoted as a concise summary of the character of God.

• Ephesians 1:4–5

  A passage stating that God "hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world" and predestined us in love to adoption as children. It is a key text on predestination and election, and Calvinism, Arminianism, and Karl Barth's doctrine of election each read it differently.

• Psalm 106

  Psalm 106 confesses Israel's repeated rebellion against God from the time of the Exodus onward and celebrates the steadfast love of God, who nevertheless remembered His covenant. The psalm concludes Book IV of the Psalms.

• Second Epistle of John

  The Second Epistle of John is the twenty-fourth book of the New Testament, a brief letter of thirteen verses written by an author who identifies himself as "the elder" to "the elect lady and her children." It contains the commandment to love one another and a warning against false teachers.

• Holiness

  Holiness (Korean seonggyeol, 聖潔) means being holy and pure. In the Wesleyan tradition, it refers to "entire sanctification," in which the believer is cleansed by grace from the inclination to sin and filled with perfect love.

• Song of Songs 5:2

  A scene in the Song of Songs in which the beloved, drenched with the night dew, asks the sleeping woman to open the door to him. It is read as a poem celebrating love between a man and a woman, and also as a picture of Christ knocking at the door of the church and of the believer's heart, a reading frequently cited in preaching.

• 1 Corinthians 16:22

  A verse that Paul wrote in his own hand in the closing greetings of 1 Corinthians. It contains an "anathema" (curse) on anyone who does not love the Lord, along with the Aramaic expression "Maranatha." The verse is often cited as evidence of the early church's hope in the Second Coming and of its worship language.

• Hosea (Prophet)

  Hosea was a prophet active in the northern kingdom of Israel in the eighth century BC and is the central figure of the biblical Book of Hosea. The account of his marriage to his unfaithful wife Gomer, whom he continued to love, is read as a symbol of the relationship between God and Israel.

• Song of Songs 2:16

  A verse in the Song of Songs in which the woman declares that she and her beloved belong to each other. It is frequently cited and has been read both as a song of marital love and as an expression of the relationship between God and his people or between Christ and the church.

• Exodus 34:6

  The words the LORD proclaimed on Mount Sinai as he passed before Moses, declaring his name and character and naming in turn his mercy, grace, slowness to anger, steadfast love (hesed), and faithfulness. Because this classic confession of God's character recurs throughout the Old Testament, it is frequently cited in discussions of the divine attributes and of forgiveness.

• 1 John 3:17–18

  This passage teaches that if a person who has material possessions ignores a brother in need, the love of God cannot be said to dwell in him, and it urges believers to love not in word but in deed and in truth. It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between faith and practice and of almsgiving.

• Mark 12:28-34

  In this passage a scribe asks which commandment is the greatest, and Jesus answers by joining the command to love God from Deuteronomy with the command to love one's neighbor from Leviticus. The passage is widely cited as a summary of the whole Law, and denominations differ in how they emphasize the relationship between law and love.

• Shulamite Woman

  The Shulamite woman is the woman called "the Shulamite" in the Old Testament book of the Song of Songs. She is commonly understood to be the female speaker who exchanges songs of love with her beloved in the book.

• Anders Nygren

  Anders Nygren (1890–1978) was a Swedish Lutheran theologian and bishop. In *Agape and Eros* he offered a systematic account of the Christian concept of love.

• Bride of Christ

  The Bride of Christ is a biblical expression that likens the church to a bride joined to Jesus Christ in a marriage covenant. It expresses at once the love between Christ and the church, the church's purity, and the eschatological consummation of their relationship.

• Christian Liberty

  Christian liberty is the Protestant teaching that those who believe in Christ have been set free from the dominion of sin, the condemnation of the law, and human ordinances without basis in Scripture, so that they may serve God and their neighbor in love.

• Moral Influence Theory

  The moral influence theory is a theory of the atonement holding that the heart of the atonement lies in Christ's death on the cross revealing God's love, which moves human hearts and leads people to repentance and love.

• Nonviolence

  Nonviolence is a religious and ethical position that seeks to resist evil and injustice without the use of violence. In Christianity it is grounded in Jesus' teaching on love of enemies. Denominations differ on the extent to which war and the use of force may be permitted.

• François Fénelon

  François Fénelon (1651–1715) was a French Catholic Archbishop of Cambrai, theologian, and writer. He is known for spiritual writings that emphasize "pure love" for God, and in Korea his books have also been translated and read by Protestants.

• Hope

  Hope is a biblical term referring both to the disposition of trusting and waiting for the fulfillment of God's promises and to the object of that waiting. In the New Testament it is named, together with faith and love, as one of the central Christian virtues.