(May 6, 2012 at 11:28 am)Tempus Wrote: Agape means the opposite of what you've just described. It is unconditional, selfless love - although it can have different meanings, none of those include specifically conditional love. I instantly remembered it from my religion and philosophy classes in college, but, not being satisfied with that, I took a little time to look it up.
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Etymology-Mea...-agape.htm
http://christianity.about.com/od/glossary/a/Agape.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_words_for_love
It may be that that the Christian god's love is conditional - I have no trouble agreeing with that - but your definition of agape is wrong.
You seem to be looking to commentary to define a word. When did commentary superceed reference material?
Why not turn your efforts to a reference book like a lexicon?
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexi...=G25&t=KJV
This is the Thayer's lexicon supported by the Strong's concordance.
FYI these are reference books, and not commentaries based on doctrinal beliefs. all three of your links are commentaries.
