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A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters. 2. (n.) Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex. 3. (n.)
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Nave's Topical Bible, by Orville J. Nave, A.M., D.D., LL.D....
- Covetousness
Easton's Bible Dictionary. A strong desire after the...
- 1 Corinthians 13
The Excellence of Love 1 If I speak with the tongues of men...
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While the Hebrew and Greek words for "love" have various shades and intensities of meaning, they may be summed up in some such definition as this: Love, whether used of God or man, is an earnest and anxious desire for and an active and beneficent interest ins the well-being of the one loved.
- Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 7,387 helpful votes. If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 ESV / 5,070 helpful votes. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
- 1 Corinthians 16:14 ESV / 3,280 helpful votes. Let all that you do be done in love.
- Galatians 5:13-14 ESV / 3,175 helpful votes. For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
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“Live a life of love.” - Ephesians 5:2 “I’m not afraid anymore,” Kevin declared as he bounded triumphantly into the frostbit air with his newfound courage in the movie “Home Alone.” “Did you hear me? …I’m not afraid anymore!” In an instant, he found himself face-to-face with an entirely different fear than the one he had prepared to face, and took ...
The word love occurs 686 times in the New International Version of the Bible, 425 in the Old Testament, and 261 in the New Testament. (Bible Gateway) “Peace” occurs 249 times, “hope” 180, and “friend” 170. The Old Testament was originally penned in Hebrew and the New Testament in Greek.In those languages there are multiple words for love, depending...
“The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength …Love your neighbor as yourself.” - Mark 12: 29-31NIV Jesus emphatically proclaimed love as the most important command to obey. The four Gospel accounts reveal an up close and personal journey of Ch...
“I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I know live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.” - Galatians 2:20NASB The Greek word for live and lives in the above verse is zao. It means “to enjoy real life …living water, having vita...
Both dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster define love first and foremost as an affectionate feeling toward someone. The problem with defining love mainly as a feeling is that feelings are fickle. Avoiding or running at the first painful feeling love brings leaves us to live our lives alone, a fate we simply weren’t created to embrace. “The LORD God s...
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends.” - John 15:13 Loving others goes far beyond just being a good person because true love still operates when we don’t feel like it. The grace we’ve been given provides the strength we need to pass it on. Jesus didn’t want to go through the pain of the cross, but “the...
Faith is an individual journey with God, and we aren’t always privy to the details. What we don’t know, is exactly who we’ll see on the other side. We don’t know everybody’s story. We do know that Christ is Love. Christians should model His kindness, forgiveness, and inclusionary grace. Regarding every human being as the creation of God that they a...
“What is love?” Here are some rich Scriptural truths to help answer this everlasting question with insurmountable truth. (For a more exhaustive list, click here.) “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” - John 3:16 “Let all that you do be done in love.” - 1...
Jan 29, 2024 · The Bible provides a profound definition of love in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (New International Version): "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with ...
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Love [N] [E] God is love and has demonstrated that love in everything that he does. Paul compares faith, hope, and love, and concludes that "the greatest of these is love" ( 1 Cor 13:13 ). "God Is Love." Agape [ajgavph], the love theme of the Bible, can only be defined by the nature of God. John affirms that "God is love" ( 1 John 4:8 ).
2. Manifestations of God's Love: God's love is manifested by providing for the physical, mental, moral and spiritual needs of His people (Isaiah 48:14,20,21; 62:9-12; 63:3,12). In these Scriptures God is seen manifesting His power in behalf His people in the time of their wilderness journeying and their captivity.
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