Miami-Dade County Public Schools

The Greek word for this is agapētos and it carries the meaning of an “object of special affection and of special relationship, as with Jesus the beloved of the Father” (Goodrick and Kohlenberger, 1999, 1523). Notice the root of this is agapaō, as in “the active love of God for His Son, His people [as well as] the active love His people ... ................
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