Positive feelings towards another, often expressed in terms of attachment and warmth.

Philippians 1:7

People and things arouse affection

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Whole churches

2 Corinthians 7:13-15
1 Samuel 18:1

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Friends

1 Samuel 18:3; 20:41-42
John 11:36
Romans 16:5,9,12
Colossians 4:14
3 John 1:1
Luke 7:13

Strangers

Ezekiel 24:21

The temple

Nehemiah 1:3-4

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Jerusalem

Psalms 137:6
1 Samuel 3:16

Affection is sometimes expressed in familial terms

1 Corinthians 4:17

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1 Samuel 4:16; 24:11
2 Samuel 18:22
2 Kings 2:12
John 13:33
2 Corinthians 6:13
2 Timothy 2:1
Philemon 1:10
1 Peter 5:13
1 John 2:28
Genesis 34:3

Emotions expressing affection

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Tenderness

Luke 7:38
Philippians 2:1
Philippians 1:8

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Longing

2 Samuel 14:1
Matthew 23:37
Romans 15:23
2 Corinthians 7:11

pp Lk 13:34

Galatians 4:20
Philippians 2:26; 4:1
2 Timothy 1:4
2 Corinthians 6:11

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Openness

2 Corinthians 6:12-13
Matthew 9:36

Compassion

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1 Kings 3:26

pp Mk 6:34

Isaiah 49:15
Luke 15:20
Ephesians 4:32
Colossians 3:12
1 Peter 3:8
2 Corinthians 2:4

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Sorrow

Psalms 35:14
Lamentations 2:11
Romans 9:2-3
Philemon 1:7

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Joy

Proverbs 23:15; 27:11
Galatians 4:14-15
2 John 1:12
1 Corinthians 4:14

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Concern

Proverbs 1:8; 27:6; 31:2-3
Ecclesiastes 12:12
2 Corinthians 7:7; 8:16; 12:19
Galatians 4:11-12,19
Philippians 4:10
1 Timothy 1:18

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