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These studies and translations of the Greek New Testament are simplified commentaries on the Greek text for the Bible student who is not conversant with the Greek language. The set includes commentaries on the Gospels and Epistles; graphic elucidations of selected passages, words, and phrases; and devotional studies on the teachings of Jesus and the apostles.

Lord’s friendship for Lazarus (John 11:3). It was used of God’s fondness for believers who were fond of Jesus (John 16:27). But when it comes to speaking of the divine love which God is, and which He produces in the heart of the yielded believer, phileō (φιλεω) is never used. We gather, therefore, that agapaō (ἀγαπαω) is a love of devotion, while phileō (φιλεω) is a love of emotion. There is another distinction we must be careful to note, and that is that agapaō (ἀγαπαω) is love that has ethical