Explaining the meaning of that term, the reference work Insight on the Scriptures * says: “[A·gaʹpe] is not sentimentality, based on mere personal attachment, as is usually thought of, but is a moral or social love based on deliberate assent of the will as a matter of principle, duty, and propriety, sincerely seeking the other’s good according to what is right.
आघापी (प्रीती), आपसांतील वैरभावाच्या पलीकडे जाते व वैरभावामुळे कोणालाही योग्य तत्त्वांचा त्याग करण्यास किंवा जशास तशी वागणूक देण्यास अनुमती देत नाही. ”