Tune: Quem Pastores Laudevere
(\'Jesus, good above all other\')
John 21 v.15-17
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John\'s Gospel Series (26)
Jesus said to Peter three times
\'Do you love me\', through all life\'s rhymes
Peter said, Lord, yes I love you
This be my affection true
\'Feed my sheep, my lambs\', the reply
Jesus said, do not them deny
Though I twice ask agapeo
Third time I ask phileo
For Peter there each time did say
I phileo you Lord, each day
Both expressions of love, but they
Differ in each others way
Agapeo, it be to choose
Strong devotion never to lose
To love, to commit, it fully
Shows love sacrificially
Phileo, it be love between
Friends and relatives, though still keen
Love, yet based on relationships
Filial, but none worships
And in phileo there sure be
Emotional attachments see
But Jesus from Peter accepts
Phileo love, no regrets
\'Feed my sheep, my lambs\', Jesus says
Tend and care for them through the days
And when to heaven I ascend
The Spirit I all you send