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• The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved

  [People]

  An unnamed disciple of Jesus who appears only in the Gospel of John. He is present at the Last Supper, at the foot of the cross, at the empty tomb, and by the Sea of Tiberias. Church tradition identifies him as John the son of Zebedee.

• Luke

  [People]

  Luke was a first-century coworker of Paul who is called "the beloved physician" in the Pauline epistles. Church tradition regards him as the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.

• Persis

  [People]

  Persis was a woman of the early church whom the apostle Paul, in the greetings of Romans 16, describes as "the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord."

• Song of Songs 5:2

  [Bible Verses]

  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.

• Song of Solomon 8

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  The final chapter of the Song of Solomon, containing the woman's longing for her beloved, the confession that "love is strong as death," the account of the little sister and the vineyards, and a closing call to the beloved.

• Demas

  [People]

  Demas is a New Testament figure, a coworker of the apostle Paul named in Colossians and Philemon, who is recorded in 2 Timothy as having forsaken Paul, "having loved this present world," and departed for Thessalonica.

• Song of Songs 5

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  Song of Songs 5 opens with the bridegroom's song upon entering his garden. It then tells how the bride, failing to receive her beloved when he comes to her at night, loses him, searches for him, and sings of his beauty to the daughters of Jerusalem.

• Tryphena and Tryphosa

  [People]

  Tryphena and Tryphosa were two women believers in the church at Rome whom the apostle Paul greeted in Romans 16:12 as those who "labour in the Lord." They appear in Scripture only in this single verse.

• Song of Songs 6

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  Song of Songs 6 opens with a question about where the departed beloved has gone and the woman's declaration of their mutual belonging. It continues with the man's song praising the woman as his one and only love and ends with the passage that calls to the "Shulamite."

• Philippians 4:13

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  Philippians 4:13 records Paul's confession, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." It is among the most beloved verses in the Korean church, and it is also frequently criticized for being taken out of context and used as a promise of success.

• David

  [People]

  David was the second king of ancient Israel according to the Old Testament, and he ruled the kingdom from Jerusalem, which he made his capital. Many of the Psalms are attributed to him, and the New Testament calls Jesus Christ "the son of David."

• Jedidiah

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  Jedidiah, meaning "beloved of the LORD," is the name the LORD gave through the prophet Nathan to Solomon, the son of David and Bathsheba. It appears only in 2 Samuel 12:25.

• Shulamite Woman

  [People]

  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.

• Stachys

  [People]

  Stachys was a Christian in Rome whom the apostle Paul called "Stachys my beloved" in the greetings of Romans 16. His name appears only once in the Bible.

• Amplias

  [People]

  Amplias was a believer in the church at Rome whom the apostle Paul called "my beloved in the Lord" in the closing greetings of Romans 16. He is mentioned in Scripture only in this single verse.

• Solomon

  [People]

  Solomon was the third king of the united kingdom of ancient Israel and the son of David. He is known as a wise king and as the builder of the Temple in Jerusalem.

• 1 John 4:7–8

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  A passage that begins "Beloved, let us love one another" and closes with "for God is love." Widely cherished as a rare expression that describes the nature of God in a single word, it has also prompted theological discussion about the relationship among God's love, justice, and judgment.

• Psalm 23:1–6

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  A psalm of David that begins, "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want." Portraying God as a shepherd and as the host of a banquet, it confesses His lifelong care and is among the most widely known and beloved psalms in the Bible.

• Song of Songs 2:16

  [Bible Verses]

  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.

• Genesis 22:2

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  Genesis 22:2 records God's command to Abraham to offer his beloved only son Isaac as a burnt offering in the land of Moriah. The verse is read as the height of faith and obedience, and it has long been debated for the ethical implications of God commanding the sacrifice of a human being.