02/21/2026
The New Testament writers often distinguished between different types of love. While Agape (divine, sacrificial love) is often described as a gift of the Spirit, Storge refers to the "natural affection" found in tribes and clans.
Romans 1:31 & 2 Timothy 3:3 reminds us through Paul a warning of a time when people will be "without natural affection".
The Point: By warning against being "without" it, Paul implies that having affection for tribe and kin is the natural, healthy state of a human being. To not love is seen as a violation of nature itself.