Love of God
Concepts of worship and devotions towards God / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For specifically Christian conceptions of the Love of God, see Love of God (Christianity) and Love of Christ.
Love of God can mean either love for God or love by God. Love for God (philotheia) is associated with the concepts of worship, and devotions towards God.[1]
The Greek term theophilia means the love or favour of God,[2] and theophilos means friend of God, originally in the sense of being loved by God or loved by the gods;[3][4] but is today sometimes understood in the sense of showing love for God.[5][6][7]
The Greek term agape is applied both to the love that human beings have for God and to the love that God has for them.[8]