Friend and Friendship

What is a Friend or Friendship? The English words "friend" and "friendship" usually refer to the state or quality of two or more people being linked to each other by/with a loving affection.

In the Bible, a "friend" is someone who loves another with the brotherly or friendly kind of love. It refers to the way that we interact with one another during the everyday living of our lives. All of us who are Christians are requested by God to love each other with this love.

Friends watch out for one another to keep us safe from danger. We help and encourage one another. We invite our friends to important events. We love to preach the good message, the gospel, regarding the Lord Jesus Christ - and we do this with honor. We treat our families in a loving manner. We love people outside of our immediate family. We invite people as guests so that we can take care of them when the need arises. We love each other within the sphere of action of the belief/faith that God has given us to believe. We love the Lord Jesus Christ.

There are many references to this in the Bible and we have posted an article on True Bible Study Friendship that takes a look at the Greek words concerning Friend and Friendship.