'Affections' in the Bible

In view of this, I also do my best and strive always to have a clear conscience before God and before men.

For this reason God gave them over to degrading and vile passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural [a function contrary to nature],

Therefore I urge you to reinstate him in your affections and reaffirm your love for him.

There is no limit to our affection for you, but you are limited in your own affection [for us].

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours [with the same physical, mental, and spiritual limitations and shortcomings], and he prayed intensely for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.