puricare chronicles: LOVE IN ACTION - "Charity," meant agape love -- an unselfish, enduring, and active concern on behalf of others. Love acts with patience and kindness; it does not envy others or seek to impress others, neither does it exhibit arrogance or conceit. Love is never rude, does not seek its own way, is slow to take offense, and bears no malice or resentment. Love does not gloat over the sins of others and is delighted when truth prevails. Love will bear up under any trial and will never lose faith; it is always hopeful and unlimited in its endurance. Finally, genuine love will be eternal. Love, of course, is eternal because Christ is eternal, and Christ is God, and God is love. This classic passage could in fact be read as a beautiful description of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Jesus Christ is, indeed, love in action! - "Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up." - (1 Corinthians 13:4) - It is well known that "charity" in this famous "love chapter" is the Greek agape, which is translated "love" three times as often as it is translated "charity," even in the King James Version. Love is described in this chapter, not with adjectives or adverbs, but with verbs! "Charity," in the Old English sense, was not merely giving to feed the poor (note verse 3), but meant agape love -- an unselfish, enduring, and active concern on behalf of others. In this passage (verses 4-8, 13) are listed 17 actions which love, or charity, does or does not engage in.

Thursday, March 4, 2021

LOVE IN ACTION - "Charity," meant agape love -- an unselfish, enduring, and active concern on behalf of others. Love acts with patience and kindness; it does not envy others or seek to impress others, neither does it exhibit arrogance or conceit. Love is never rude, does not seek its own way, is slow to take offense, and bears no malice or resentment. Love does not gloat over the sins of others and is delighted when truth prevails. Love will bear up under any trial and will never lose faith; it is always hopeful and unlimited in its endurance. Finally, genuine love will be eternal. Love, of course, is eternal because Christ is eternal, and Christ is God, and God is love. This classic passage could in fact be read as a beautiful description of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Jesus Christ is, indeed, love in action! - "Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up." - (1 Corinthians 13:4) - It is well known that "charity" in this famous "love chapter" is the Greek agape, which is translated "love" three times as often as it is translated "charity," even in the King James Version. Love is described in this chapter, not with adjectives or adverbs, but with verbs! "Charity," in the Old English sense, was not merely giving to feed the poor (note verse 3), but meant agape love -- an unselfish, enduring, and active concern on behalf of others. In this passage (verses 4-8, 13) are listed 17 actions which love, or charity, does or does not engage in.

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Love in Action

Jesus Christ is love in action

"Charity," meant agape love -- an unselfish, enduring, and active concern on behalf of others. Love acts with patience and kindness; it does not envy others or seek to impress others, neither does it exhibit arrogance or conceit.

Love is never rude, does not seek its own way, is slow to take offense, and bears no malice or resentment. Love does not gloat over the sins of others and is delighted when truth prevails. Love will bear up under any trial and will never lose faith; it is always hopeful and unlimited in its endurance.

Finally, genuine love will be eternal. Love, of course, is eternal because Christ is eternal, and Christ is God, and God is love. This classic passage could in fact be read as a beautiful description of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Jesus Christ is, indeed, love in action!

BY HENRY M. MORRIS, PH.D.

"Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up." - (1 Corinthians 13:4)

It is well known that "charity" in this famous "love chapter" is the Greek agape, which is translated "love" three times as often as it is translated "charity," even in the King James Version.

Why then did the scholarly translators prefer to use "charity" in this chapter, of all places?

Possibly it is because 1 Corinthians 13 emphasizes what love does, rather than what love is.

Love is described in this chapter, not with adjectives or adverbs, but with verbs!

"Charity," in the Old English sense, was not merely giving to feed the poor (note verse 3), but meant agape love -- an unselfish, enduring, and active concern on behalf of others.

In this passage (verses 4-8, 13) are listed 17 actions which love, or charity, does or does not engage in.

Love acts with patience and kindness; it does not envy others or seek to impress others, neither does it exhibit arrogance or conceit.

Love is never rude, does not seek its own way, is slow to take offense, and bears no malice or resentment.

Love does not gloat over the sins of others and is delighted when truth prevails.

Love will bear up under any trial and will never lose faith; it is always hopeful and unlimited in its endurance.

Finally, genuine love will be eternal.

Even faith will cease when it is replaced by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7), and hope will finally be fulfilled (Romans 8:24), but love will abide forever.

Love, of course, is eternal because Christ is eternal, and Christ is God, and God is love.

This classic passage, describing genuine Christian love, could in fact be read as a beautiful description of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.

That is, "Christ suffereth long, and is kind," and so on, finally climaxing in the great truth, "Christ never faileth."

Jesus Christ is, indeed, love in action!

The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) wants people to know that God’s Word can be trusted in everything it speaks about—from how and why we were made, to how the universe was formed, to how we can know God and receive all He has planned for us.

After 50 years of ministry, ICR remains a leader in scientific research within the context of biblical creation. Founded by Dr. Henry Morris in 1970, ICR exists to conduct scientific research within the realms of origins and Earth history, and then to educate the public both formally and informally through professional training programs, through conferences and seminars around the country, and through books, magazines, and media presentations.

https://www.icr.org/article/love-action

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