Study Love
Study Love, subtitled, "A Super-Outline for Study or Meditation on 1 Cor. 13:4-7 (The New Testament Definition of Agape: Spiritual Love)", is a website started in Philadelphia's Germantown in 2001 and now maintained in Maple Shade, NJ.
"While it is possible to find topics here to debate," says a disclaimer under the Study Love main index, "this is primarily a space for people to learn how to put agape (love) into thought and practice." The site consists mainly of sixteen sections, each headed by a phrase from the King James Version:
- Charity
- Suffereth Long
- And Is Kind
- Charity Envieth Not
- Charity Vaunteth Not Itself
- Is Not Puffed Up
- (Etc.)
Each section corresponds to one of the items listed in the New Testament's classic definition of agape (spiritual love). Each section includes:
- A multitude of translations and versions of its head phrase.
- Multiple definitions of the original Greek words and some of their derivatives ("paronyms") synonyms, and antonyms.
- Examples of these words elsewhere in the Bible.
- Relevant quotations from other ancient sources and from commentators of later and modern centuries.
- Some also have English dictionary definitions. Some have Hebrew equivalents and definitions.
- There are also a few "Easter eggs", for example, a page about love feasts and a page about kindness to animals.
The site's design is plain, even minimalist, and pages load exceptionally quickly. There is a whole-site download for offline viewing and portability. There is no mention of donations. There is nothing for sale. There are no ads. There is no discernible denominational affiliation.