Love is …
(1 Corinthians 13 defined with Greek words in Strong’s
Concordance)
1.
Patient (3114 makrothumeo) – to be long spirited, forbearing, patient; to
be patient in bearing the offenses and injuries of others; to be mild and slow
in avenging; to be long suffering; slow to anger, slow to punish.
2.
Kind (5541 chresteuomai) – to show oneself helpful; i.e.
to act benevolently; to show oneself mild.
3.
Not Envious (2206 zeloo) – to have warmth of feeling against; to be heated or
boiling; jealousy.
4.
Not boastful (4068 perpereuomai) – braggart; to vaunt oneself.
5.
Not Proud or Arrogant (5448 phusioo)
– to be haughty; to inflate; blow up; blow out; to cause to swell up.
6.
Not Rude (807 aschemoneo) – to be (or act) unbecoming; behave unseemly.
7.
Not Self-Seeking (2212 zeteo) – seek; require; demand (one’s own way); selfishness;
self-centeredness.
8. Not Easily Angered (3947 paroxuno) – to exasperate; to irritate; provoke; rouse to anger; to be sharp.
9.
Thinking No Evil (2556 kakos) – troublesome; injurious;
pernicious; destructive; baneful; keeping a record of wrongs.
10.
Not Rejoicing in Iniquity (93 adikia) – injustice; moral
wrongfulness (of character, life or act).
11.
Rejoices in Truth (225 aletheia) – what is true in any matter under consideration
(opposed to what is feigned, fictitious, false); truth as a personal
excellence; that candor or mind which is free from affectation, pretense,
simulation, falsehood, deceit.
12.
Beareth All Things (Protects) (4722 stego) – to roof over, i.e.
(figuratively) to cover with silence; to keep secret; to hide; conceal; to
protect or keep by covering; to preserve; to bear up against; hold out against,
and so to endure, bear, forbear.
13.
Believeth All Things (Trust) (4100 pisteuo) –
to have faith (in, or with respect to, a person); to think to be true; to be
persuaded of; to credit; place confidence in.
14.
Hopeth All Things (Expect) (1679 elpizo) – to expect; expect the
best.
15.
Endures All Things (5278 hupomeno) – abide, remain; i.e. bear trials; have fortitude;
persevere.
16.
Love Never Fails (or Falls) (4098 pipto) – to fall; used of descent
from a higher place to a lower; used of descent from a standing to a prostrate
position; to fall from a state of uprightness; i.e. to sin; to come to an end;
cease.
It is God's will that no one should perish (end up in hell), but that ALL should come to repentance.
For God so loved this world that He gave His only begotton Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
God did not send His Son into this world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him would be saved.
The thief (Satan the devil) comes only for to kill, steal and destroy. But Jesus has come to give us life, and life more abundantly, until it overflows.
I urge you to come to the Cross today and receive Jesus as your Savior and Lord. He will wash away all your sins and make you as clean and white as fresh snow.
Just pray this prayer and mean it with your heart:
Dear Lord Jesus (if you are not able to call him Lord yet, then just say "Jesus")
I receive You as my Savior and Lord. I give my life over to You. I believe that You died and rose again, and that if I call on the Name of the Lord I shall be saved.
I accept you into my heart right now, and confess that You are Lord and have risen from the dead and forever live to make intercession for me.
Thank You for washing my heart pure and clean and making me whole, and for giving me peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Thank You that now I am a new creature in Christ Jesus. The old has gone and the new has come.
And there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh (carnality and sin), but walk after the Spirit. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, I believe you got born again and are now heaven bound and will be with the Lord forever and have eternal life. Your sins are now forgiven. You are accepted in the Beloved.
I would encourage you to find a good Bible based local church to help you grow in your faith, to learn the Word of God, to praise and worship Him, and to have fellowship with the saints.
Serving Christ is the best decision you will ever make.
God bless you!!!
