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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…
LOVE IS . . .
LoveG26 is patient G3114, love is kindG5541 . . . 1 Corinthians 13:4a (BSB) Before we go further into the “love chapter,” I (Susan) want to share with you what I was impressed to do with these verses. I began…
NOTHING WITHOUT LOVE
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not loveG26, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,…
THE NEVER-ENDING DEBT!!!
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in loveG25. For he who lovesG25 his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments,…
BROTHERLY/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)