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Trying to get to heaven… one day at a time.

Colossians 3 1 If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. 3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

but the greatest of these is love

4 Greek Words Translated Love 1. eros (erotic, lust) - not found in NT - 1 x in LXX, OT - Proverbs 7: 18 2. sterge (natural affection) - family, love of parent for a child

4 Greek Words Translated Love 3. phileo (friendly affection) - love between good friends - emotion, affection 4. agape (highest, sacrificial love) - 117 x in NT (NASB) - an act of will, not emotion

Agape - Love • God’s love for man (Jn. 3: 16) • Man’s love for God (I Jn. 5: 3) • Christ’s love for the church (Eph. 5: 25) • Husband’s love for his wife (Eph. 5: 25) • Christian’s love for Christians (I Pt. 1: 22) • Christian’s love for enemies (Mat. 5: 44)

Agape - Love I Corinthians 13: 4 -8 a v. 4 • “patient” (suffereth long) • “kind” • “not jealous” (envieth not) • “does not brag” (does not parade itself) • “not arrogant” (not puffed up)

Agape - Love I Corinthians 13: 4 -8 a v. 5 • “does not act unbecomingly” (behave rudely) • “does not seek its own” • “is not provoked” (not easily provoked) • “does not take into account a wrong” (thinketh no evil)

Agape - Love I Corinthians 13: 4 -8 a v. 6 • “does not rejoice in unrighteousness” (rejoiceth not in iniquity) • “rejoices with the truth” (in the truth)

Agape - Love I Corinthians 13: 4 -8 a v. 7 • “bears all things” • “believes all things” • “hopes all things” • “endures all things”

Agape - Love I Corinthians 13: 4 -8 a v. 8 a • “love never fails” I Corinthians 13: 13 “faith, hope, love…the greatest of these is love. ” I Corinthians 14: 1 “Pursue love”

Agape - Love John 13: 34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. "

Agape - Love Romans 13: 8 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. . . 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

Agape - Love I Thess. 4: 9 Now as to the love of the brethren, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for yourselves are taught by God to love one another; 10 for indeed you do practice it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, to excel still more,

Agape - Love I Peter 1: 22 Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,