
NOUN
1. strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties.
[maternal love for a child]
2. unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another.
[the fatherly concern of God for humankind]
1 John 4:10 … Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.