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1 | can i love my cousin for more | 1 Cor 13:4 | flipflop1431 | 169374 | ||
is it right to love you cousin for more than a cousin |
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2 | can i love my cousin for more | 1 Cor 13:4 | Tim3:16 | 169375 | ||
Hi flipflop1431, Welcome to the forum. Your question shows that you want to hold your decisions in your personal life up to the light of God's Word, and that is the wise thing to do. But, this is a complicated question, and the English language is at a disadvantage in the word 'LOVE' because in the Greek there are more than 5 words to describe this feeling. PHILIA, is primarily a love of things, such as a bibliophile is a lover of books, or a philosopher is a lover of knowledge. STORGI, defines the love a mother has for a child. This is so intense that in the animal kingdom, a mother will fight to the death to protect her young. KARIS is the root word for our word 'charity' which is love for others and expresses itself in acts of giving, usually to those less fortunate EROS is the sexual desire that is referred to as erotic love, it has to do with emotional satisfaction for one's self. This love is short-lived and vanishes upon satisfaction, remaining dormant until desire strikes again. AGAPE can be described as loving our fellow man simply because he is a child of God. This love is different because it needs no merit. Physical attraction is unnecessary, neeed not be related as in the case of motherly love, needs not to be appealling emotionally, intellectually as in Philia, nor is it necessary to be inferior to us as in charity. To be worthy of AGAPE, we must merely exist. The most homely person with no personality gets the same attention as the king and queen of the prom. This is the foundation of christian living. As Apostle John writes, 'God is Love' Apostle Peter said to love each other above all And Apostle Paul describes the supremecy of love in 1Cor 13:1-3, and gives a vivid description of love in verses 4-7. As to answering your question, love covers a multitude of sin, but will this relationship cause you to be in sin? The first consideration would be for both of you to honor your Father and Mother. This means getting their opinion first. The next obvious direction would be to remember to not commit adultery, which is physical relations outside of marriage. So, your question leads to this, Would it be ok to marry your cousin? I believe some states allow it and some do not, so keep on praying and seeking God's will in this matter and stay pure until you get a more definitive answer. In His most precious Love, Tim |
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