WALKING IN DADDY’S LOVE
Be imitators of God, therefore, as belovedG27 children, and walk in loveG26, just as Christ lovedG25 us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. Ephesians 5:1-2 Therefore be imitators of God [copy Him and…
LOVINGLY EXPRESSING TRUTH
Instead, speaking the truth in love,G26 we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head. Ephesians 4:15 Rather, let our lives lovinglyG26 express truth in all things – speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly. Enfolded…
THE DEPTH OF HIS LOVE
I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in…
CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST
When the Messiah was executed on the stake as a criminal, I was too; so that my proud ego no longer lives. But the Messiah lives in me, and the life I now live in my body I live by…
LOVE NEVER FAILS
LoveG26 never failsG1601. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed. 1 Corinthians 13:8 G1601 ἐκπίπτω ekpíptō – Metaphorically to fall away, i.e., to…
LOVE BEARS, BELIEVES, HOPES, AND ENDURES
It bearsG4722 all things, believesG4100 all things, hopesG1679 all things, enduresG5278 all things. 1 Corinthians 13:7 G4722 στέγω stégō – to cover. In the NT, to cover over in silence. (I) Generally meaning to conceal, with the accusative (1 Cor.…
LOVE DOES NOT REJOICE . . . BUT REJOICES . . .
LoveG26 takes no pleasureG5463 in evilG93 but rejoicesG4796 in the truthG225. 1 Corinthians 13:6 (BSB) . . . it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 1 Corinthians 13:6 (ESV) G5463 χαίρω chaírō – with a preposition…
LOVE (agápē) DEFINED
LoveG26 is patient, loveG26 is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. LoveG26 takes no…
LOVE IS NOT . . .
It is not rudeG809, it is not self-seekingG2212, it is not easily angeredG3947, it keeps no accountG3049 of wrongs. 1 Corinthians 13:5 (BSB) G809 ἀσχημονέω aschēmonéō – uncomely, indecent Zodhiates, Spiros, ed., The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament Love…
LOVE DOES NOT AND IS NOT
It does not envyG2206, it does not boastG4068, it is not proudG5448. 1 Corinthians 13:4b (BSB) G2206 ζηλόω zēlóō – to envy, be moved with envy (Acts 7:9; 1 Cor.13:4; James 4:2) Zodhiates, Spiros, The Complete Word Study Dictionary, New…