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Love is about how to correctly use the freedom that we have as a Christian who has eternity to look forward to. Love is the more excellent way. And the love that Paul is speaking about is not the love of romance and infatuation. Paul is using the Greek word “Agape” which means self-sacrificing love.
Love in the Bible, as in our everyday usage, can be directed from person to person or from a person to things. When directed toward things, love means enjoying or taking pleasure in those things. Love towards persons is more complex.
8 Ιουν 2004 · A great deal could and should be said about love, but Paul’s teaching on love can be summarized by two main statements: (1) Love is to be our priority; and, (2) Love is to be our pursuit. Let us consider the implications of these two important principles as we conclude our study of 1 Corinthians 13.
17 Νοε 2006 · The theme of the passage is not hard to find: Love must govern all our relationships. John Stott calls this Paul’s “recipe for love” and notes that it seems to have twelve “ingredients.” 1. Love Must be Sincere. “Let love be Genuine” (v. 9a). The word “genuine” literally means “without hypocrisy.”
3 Οκτ 2013 · For more on how love develops in the storyline of the Bible, listen to our full 39-minute conversation. There we address some practical Christ-centered ways love gets refreshed in our lives, lessons drawn from 1 Timothy 1:5.
17 Μαρ 2012 · The command to love each other is not new in and of itself. Leviticus 19:18 said, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”. What appears to be new is the way we are to love, namely, “as Jesus has loved us.”. Verse 34b: “Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.”.
Love is the clearest definition. Love is the personification of the character of God. In Romans chapter 13, it says, “Love is the fulfilling of the whole law.”. Love is the high point of everything. Love is the number one ingredient in life in terms of attuning life to the character of God.
