God is love...

God’s love is perfect… two sides … affection and correction

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.

English Standard Version Chapter 5

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Holman Treasury of Key Bible Words: 200 Greek and 200 Hebrew Words Defined and Explained Love

When agapaō was used, it denoted showing kindness to strangers, giving hospitality, and being charitable. In the New Testament, the word agapē took on a special meaning. It was used by the New Testament writers to designate a “volitional love” as opposed to a purely emotional love, a “self-sacrificial love,” and a “love naturally expressed by God,” but not so easily by men and women. It is a word that speaks of compassion, regard, kindness, and true love. It is an unselfish love that transcends natural affinities. In short, it is a love that we don’t naturally have.

Ryrie’s Basic Theology F. Love

But God’s perfection of love does not operate apart from His other perfections, including holiness and justice. Therefore, love cannot overpower holiness and save those who reject Christ and die in their sins.

English Standard Version Chapter 3

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.