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The truth of God’s unconditional love

by PASTOR SCOTT ACKLIN / Contributing Writer
| December 29, 2023 1:00 AM

For many people, one of the hardest things to understand is the unconditional love of God.

Some say His love has conditions; however, I believe it does not. To understand this, we must first understand love, and not just any love, but the love of God.

In the ancient Greek texts of the Bible, one of the words used for love is agape, which when directly translated to English is, “compassion without condition,” also known as, “charity.” There are several different words for love in the scriptures, each with their own unique meaning. However, in 1 John 4:8 it says, “God is love,” and the exact word used there is, you guessed it — agape. 

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