Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
The Greeks had names for nine different types of love. The Bible mentions four of these. Some love is very dangerous. If a Greek were here today from the past he would be shocked modern man has only one.
The word xenia is found only twice in the New Testament. And they are Acts 28:23, and Philemon 22. In Acts 28:23, xenia is translated as "lodging," that Paul went to his lodging. To Philemon, Paul says,
Philemon 22 But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room [xenia] for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.
It has been long clear to me that the most loving thing we can do is speak truth. Unfortunately, the truth tends to "hurt" in direct proportion to its accuracy; and most people - unwise, ego driven and fragile - turn that hurt back towards the speaker in the form of spite, rejection and hate.
The Greeks had names for nine different types of love. The Bible mentions four of these. Some love is very dangerous. If a Greek were here today from the past he would be shocked modern man has only one.
And the Scriptures only use one of them in the negative!
What are the other five?
I talk about most of them here https://charlottependragon.substack.com/p/a-night-to-remember
Well, I couldn't find them in that article. But I did see them here, but one of them seems to be modern:
https://www.greecehighdefinition.com/blog/9-different-types-of-love-according-to-the-ancient-greeks
Ok, so one of those is in the NT:
The word xenia is found only twice in the New Testament. And they are Acts 28:23, and Philemon 22. In Acts 28:23, xenia is translated as "lodging," that Paul went to his lodging. To Philemon, Paul says,
Philemon 22 But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room [xenia] for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.
Here is a good reference
https://centeredonchrist.substack.com/p/what-are-the-four-main-greek-words
Except it doesn't include the other ones, and skips Xenia.
Going back to our original conv.. only three of them are used in the NT. Eros is not mentioned. And Xenia isn't translated love, which is confusing.
Does it matter? She gives you a list of Greek type of love mentioned in the Bible. If you want to add Xena to that list then go ahead.
It has been long clear to me that the most loving thing we can do is speak truth. Unfortunately, the truth tends to "hurt" in direct proportion to its accuracy; and most people - unwise, ego driven and fragile - turn that hurt back towards the speaker in the form of spite, rejection and hate.