Fireproofing Our Relationships – Part 5

The New Testament has three words for love: eros, phileos, and agape.

Erotic comes from eros. The name of the city – Philadelphia – means brotherly love comes from phileos. And agape refers to a love that goes well beyond eros and phileos.

Eros love is a sensual kind of love and it asks the question, WHAT CAN I GET OUT OF THIS?
Phileos is relational love and it asks the question, WHAT CAN WE GET OUT OF THIS?
Agape is unconditional, deeper love and it asks the question, WHAT CAN YOU GET OUT OF THIS?

Another way to think of these is,
EROS LOVES WHEN …
PHILEOS LOVES BECAUSE …
AGAPE LOVES IN SPITE OF …

For love to last for a lifetime in a marriage relationship, agape love is a better way of loving (1 Cor 13).