Beforeword: In English, whether I wish to express the intense feelings for my spouse, the unconditional tugging on my heartstrings for my child, my affection for my friend, or describe the insatiable craving pizza evokes in me I use the same word—love.

However, in the Bible there are three different words for love in the Greek, and each word describes a different expression of love:
Eros is based on feelings and is me-oriented.
Philia is based on shared interest and is we-oriented.
Agape is Christ-centered and others-oriented.

This Cento captures the vastness of love (agape, philia, eros) as expressed by various biblical authors.

God is love.
(John the Apostle, 1 John 4:8)

God so loved the world that he gave. [He gave] his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
(John the Apostle, John 3:16)

… If God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
(John the Apostle, 1 John 4:11)

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love…. Put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
(Apostle Paul, Colossians 3:13-14)

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Let love … never leave you; bind [it] around your neck, write [it] on the tablet of your heart.
(John the Apostle, John 15:12; King Solomon, Proverbs 3:3)

Love must be sincere. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear.
(Apostle Paul, Romans 12:9; John the Apostle, 1 John 4:

Love never ends.
(Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 13:8)

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it.
(King Solomon, Song of Solomon 8:7)

Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
(Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8)

Love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
(Apostle Peter, 1 Peter 4:8)

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
(John the Apostle, John 15:13)

Let brotherly love continue.
(Apostle Paul, Hebrews 13:1)

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