LOVE IS A CHOICE
The goal of our instruction is the loveG26 that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith. 1 Timothy 1:5 (BSB) Paul had encouraged Timothy to admonish some false teachers and guide them back to toward…
PHILDELPHÍA (BROTHERLY AND/OR SISTERLY LOVE)
Now about brotherly loveG5360, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to loveG25 one another. 1 Thessalonians 4:9 (BSB) G5360 – φιλαδελφία philadelphía – one who loves his brother. Brotherly…
OVERWHELMING, OVERFLOWING LOVE
And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflowG4052 with loveG26 for one another and for everyone else, just as our loveG26 for you overflows . . . 1 Thessalonians 3:12 (BSB) May the Lord flood you with an…
HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES AND DO NOT BE HARSH
Husbands, loveG25 your wives and do not be harshG4087 with them. Colossians 3:19 (BSB) Husbands, love your wives [with an affectionate, sympathetic, selfless love that always seeks the best for them] and do not be embittered or resentful toward them…
CLOTHED IN CHRISTLIKENESS: DRAPED IN LOVE
Today, I (Susie) saw some women from India wearing gorgeous, silken saris. They were completely wrapped in the luxurious cloth, literally clothed in beauty. We are to be clothed in the virtues of Jesus Christ. Just as we consciously put on the…
CLOTHE ME IN CHRIST’S VIRTUES
BELOVED, BE BOLD
But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His…
LIKE-MINDED LOVE
Therefore if you have encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His loveG26, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same loveG26, being united in spirit…
ABOUNDING IN AGÁPĒ
And this is my prayer: that your loveG26 may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the…
HUSBANDS’ MISSION: LOVE AS CHRIST LOVED
Husbands, loveG25 your wives, just as Christ lovedG25 the church and gave Himself up for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without…