What Does Romans 16:8 Mean in the King James?
Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The verse makes love visible: Amplias is named and welcomed as someone beloved in the Lord.
THE MEANING
Belonging in the Lord takes a recognizable human form: you are named, greeted, and received as beloved. Love does not remain an invisible claim; it becomes audible in the welcome given to another.
THE ROOT
ἀγαπητόν
agapēton
GROWS FROM
ἀγαπ-
agap-
To love or hold dear.
The Greek word belongs to the same word family as “love”: “beloved” names someone as the one who is loved. It presents belonging as a relationship made visible in the act of greeting.
ALSO GROWS
agapaō: To love or hold dear.
ἀγαπάω
The verb shares the seed of “beloved,” linking the person welcomed with the love that receives them.
agapē: Love.
ἀγάπη
This noun names the love whose recipient is called beloved.
THE PATTERN
Belonging becomes visible through spoken welcome and personal recognition.
Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.THE THREAD
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.“Beloved” in Romans and “love” here belong to the same Greek word family: ἀγαπ- (agap-), the root of love and holding dear. The greeting to Amplias shows that love taking form as someone is named and received.
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