PALACE OF PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLES
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there. He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”…
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 pístis – . . . Faith in the truth, i.e., in the gospel . . . namely, Christian faith, a…
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 ekpíptō – Metaphorically to fall away, i.e., to fail,…
LOVE BEARS, BELIEVES, HOPES, AND ENDURES
It bearsG4722 all things, believesG4100 all things, hopesG1679 all things, enduresG5278 all things. 1 Corinthians 13:7 G4722 stégō – to cover. In the NT, to cover over in silence. (I) Generally meaning to conceal, with the accusative (1 Cor. 13:7,…
LOVE DOES NOT REJOICE . . . BUT REJOICES . . .
LoveG26 takes no pleasureG5463 in evilG93 but rejoicesG4796 in the truthG225. 1 Corinthians 13:6 . . . it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 1 Corinthians 13:6 (ESV) The pattern throughout much of 1 Corinthians 13…
LOVE (agápē) DEFINED
Worship with Lloyd Nicks singing “Love Like Jesus”:
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 G809 aschēmonéō – uncomely, indecent (19) Zodhiates, Spiros, Ed., The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament Love is…
LOVE DOES NOT AND IS NOT . . .
It does not envyG2206, it does not boastG4068, it is not proudG5448. 1 Corinthians 13:4b G2206 zēlóō – to envy, be moved with envy (Acts 7:9; 1 Cor.13:4; James 4:2) (15) Zodhiates, Spiros, Ed., The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New…
LOVE IS . . .
LoveG26 is patient G3114, love is kindG5541 . . . 1 Corinthians 13:4a 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 by…
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,…