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Prepare for a wedding toast or celebrate your marriage with these love quotes from the Bible. Bible verses about love can help you describe any relationship. 20 Beautiful Love Quotes From the Bible
This verse is not a call for the renunciation of all wealth, merely a warning against the idolization of the pursuit of money. [4] The word translated as "love" is Greek: αγαπησει agapēsei. The word mammon was a standard one for money or possessions, and in the literature of the period it is generally not a pejorative term. Frequently ...
“Now faith, hope, and love remain — these three things — and the greatest of these is love.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13 “We love because God first loved us." — 1 John 4:19
The formulation of this verse is known as the Imitatio Dei; a similar verse appears in Luke 6:36. The verse might be modeled on Leviticus 19 :2, which says in the King James Version: "Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, You shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy."
The word translated as woman is gyne, which can mean either woman or wife. Some scholars believe that Jesus is only talking about lusting after another's wife, not the attraction of a man to a woman in general. [3] Nolland notes that sexual desire is not condemned in Matthew or in the contemporary literature, only misdirected desire. [4]
John 3:16 is considered to be a popular Bible verse [121] and acknowledged as a summary of the gospel. [122] In the United States, the verse is often used by preachers during sermons [123] and widely memorised among evangelical churches' members. [124] 16th-century German Protestant theologian Martin Luther said the verse is "the gospel in ...
The verse is similar to Mark 9:47, and a version much closer to that in Mark appears at Matthew 18:9. [1] This verse, along with the next one, is the most extreme part of the Sermon on the Mount. R. T. France notes that the severity of this verse is unparalleled in the contemporary literature. [2] It advocates an action that is extremely drastic.
This verse opens with the standard "but I say unto you" phrase that heralds a reinterpretation of Mosaic Law. While the Old Testament quote in the previous verse was a reference to retributive punishment, here Jesus uses the word resist, which has been seen as far broader. This verse is often presented as advocating radical pacifism.