'Loved' in the Bible

Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and a brother of James:To those who are the called, loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ.

My loved ones, while my thoughts were full of a letter which I was going to send you about our common salvation, it was necessary for me to send you one requesting you with all my heart to go on fighting strongly for the faith which has been given to the saints once and for ever.

But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,