Forelove
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Forelove is a verb meaning (transitive) To love beforehand or in advance.
Meaning
(transitive) To love beforehand or in advance.
More Meanings
- Love in advance.
Example Sentences
To foreknow is to “forelove.” For a reason known only to God he bestows his love on some.
Calvinists generally claim that in these instances God's foreknowledge should be understood as His “forelove.”
[...] that these people never had covenantal relations with him; the Good Shepherd did not know them as his sheep, and they did not know him (John 10:14). Thus, to foreknow is to forelove.
Others, whom God did not choose to forelove and ordain to be saved, were deliberately passed over, and were therefore doomed to destruction; based entirely on God's mysterious, secret will.
Word Forms
- foreloves
- foreloving
- foreloved
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include forelearn, foredispose, forelive, forelike, forepromise, foreload.
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