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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…
WALK IN 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 (BSB) Therefore be imitators of God [copy Him…
BRIEF PAUSE
We purchased a new computer, and we are getting used to it. We also got a bit behind while we were without a laptop. Therefore, we will continue posting devotionals on The Fruit of the Spirit – LOVE next Monday,…
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 (BSB) Rather, let our lives lovinglyG26 express truth in all things – speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly.…
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…
LOVE IS THE GREATEST
And now these three remain: faithG4102, hopeG1680, and loveG26; but the greatest of these is loveG26. 1 Corinthians 13:13 G4102 πίστις pístis – . . . Faith in the truth, i.e., in the gospel . . . namely, Christian faith,…
LOVE NEVER FAILS
G1601 ἐκπίπτω ekpíptō – Metaphorically to fall away, i.e., to fail, be without effect, to be in vain, love (1 Cor. 13:8) The Complete Word Study Dictionary, New Testament, Spiros Zodhiates, Ed. G1601 ἐκπίπτω ekpíptō – to drop away; specially,…
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