The kind of love that we are examining can only be known through God, who is love. Verse one introduces this truth, when Jesus not only loved them, but he loved them unto the end. The writer made this observation even after all the disciples, including the writer, forsook Him. Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. In this study, may we notice three things about loves posture.
Love is a word that is so common, yet can also be so complicated.
The word love may be expressed and explained in many different ways. To further develop this study, it is necessary to explain the different ways that the word love is used in its original Greek setting. This is necessary because the majority of the New Testament was written in the Greek. The Greeks interpreted love in four different ways. Each usage was expressed with a different Greek word.