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Learning About Love 1 Cor 13Learning About Love 1 Cor 13
Learning About Love 1 Cor 13Learning About Love 1 Cor 13
Learning About LoveLearning About Love1 Cor 131 Cor 13
Learning About Love 1 Cor 13Learning About Love 1 Cor 13
Love’s Necessity• One can quickly see the importance the Bible
places on love• Re: spouses Eph 5:25 Titus 2:4• Re: children Titus 2:4• Re: enemies Mt 5:43-44• Re: brethren Jn 13:34-35 15:12-17
1 Jn 2:9-11 3:10-15 4:20 – 5:1
Love’s Necessity• One can quickly see the importance the Bible
places on love• Re: spouses Eph 5:25 Titus 2:4• Re: children Titus 2:4• Re: enemies Mt 5:43-44• Re: brethren Jn 13:34-35 15:12-17
1 Jn 2:9-11 3:10-15 4:20 – 5:1
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Love’s Necessity• With such an “importance,” Biblical love
virtually cries out for a definition• It must be properly understood & practiced
Love’s Necessity• With such an “importance,” Biblical love
virtually cries out for a definition• It must be properly understood & practiced
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Love Depicted & Defined• Love must be the motivation behind all
actions vv. 1-3• For the sake of the gospel• For the sake of other people• Actions without love are only empty…“hollow”• Man may not know love is absent, but God will
certainly know
Love Depicted & Defined• Love must be the motivation behind all
actions vv. 1-3• For the sake of the gospel• For the sake of other people• Actions without love are only empty…“hollow”• Man may not know love is absent, but God will
certainly know
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Love Depicted & Defined• Technically, God does not “define” love
• There is no abstract or theoretical definition to learn or memorize
• The N.T. “describes” love instead of “defining” it• “Love” in this text = agape• All 15 “properties” are in verb form vv. 4-8a
Love Depicted & Defined• Technically, God does not “define” love
• There is no abstract or theoretical definition to learn or memorize
• The N.T. “describes” love instead of “defining” it• “Love” in this text = agape• All 15 “properties” are in verb form vv. 4-8a
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Love Depicted & Defined• Love…
• …is patient• Long suffering; to be of a long spirit• Slow in bearing the offenses of others• cp. Mt 18:26, 29 2 Pet 3:9
Love Depicted & Defined• Love…
• …is patient• Long suffering; to be of a long spirit• Slow in bearing the offenses of others• cp. Mt 18:26, 29 2 Pet 3:9
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Love Depicted & Defined• Love…
• …is kind• Mild, not harsh or bitter• Only occurrence of this word in N.T.• Root of this word found in Lk 5:39
Old wine is “better” (mellow…not sharp or biting in taste)
Love Depicted & Defined• Love…
• …is kind• Mild, not harsh or bitter• Only occurrence of this word in N.T.• Root of this word found in Lk 5:39
Old wine is “better” (mellow…not sharp or biting in taste)
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Love Depicted & Defined• Love…
• …is not jealous• To be “heated” or “boiling over” with envy• Jealousy wants what another has…Envy doesn’t
want the other person to have it either• One who seethes over another’s success• cp. Acts 7:9 17:2-6
Love Depicted & Defined• Love…
• …is not jealous• To be “heated” or “boiling over” with envy• Jealousy wants what another has…Envy doesn’t
want the other person to have it either• One who seethes over another’s success• cp. Acts 7:9 17:2-6
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Love Depicted & Defined• Love…
• …does not brag• To boast one’s self• Only occurrence of this word in N.T.• Root word in Greek = “wind bag”• cp. Lk 18:9-14
Love Depicted & Defined• Love…
• …does not brag• To boast one’s self• Only occurrence of this word in N.T.• Root word in Greek = “wind bag”• cp. Lk 18:9-14
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Love Depicted & Defined• Love…
• …is not arrogant• To inflate, blow up, cause to swell; to puff up• To bear one’s self loftily• cp. Rom 12:3, 16
Love Depicted & Defined• Love…
• …is not arrogant• To inflate, blow up, cause to swell; to puff up• To bear one’s self loftily• cp. Rom 12:3, 16
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