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1 | Why is love philandros not agapao? | Titus 2:4 | Searcher56 | 206974 | ||
Why were the older womwn to encourage (sophronizo) the young women to love (philandros) their husbands (man), to love (philandros) their children? I believe because they were not doing so. But why is the word for love philandros not agapao? |
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2 | Why is love philandros not agapao? | Titus 2:4 | bowler | 206975 | ||
Searcher What you are asking made me think about how verse 5 goes on to say for the wives to be subject to their own husbands. Is it possible that within the context of the marriage relationship Paul intends for the wife to love her husband in all senses? As in 1 Corinthians 7:3, 4? As that is part of marital love it might, I say might, be why Paul says "philandros" rather than "sophronizo"? As to the children and the husband both the word "philandros" makes me think of an intimate personal love full of affection, rather than the godly "agapao" love that comes from the strength which God supplies by the power of the Holy Spirit, but which does not imply "brotherly affection". I could be very wrong, I don't claim to be right. These are just my thoughts based on trying to understand how Paul views marriage in the various passages he writes about it in. blessings abound, bowler |
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3 | Why is love philandros not agapao? | Titus 2:4 | Immanuelsown | 206983 | ||
bowler, Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. Reverence: 1: honor or respect felt or shown : deference; especially : profound adoring awed respect 2: a gesture of respect (as a bow) synonyms: (honor, homage, reverence, deference) mean respect and esteem shown to another. (honor) may apply to the recognition of one's right to great respect or to any expression of such recognition (homage) adds the implication of accompanying praise (reverence) implies profound respect mingled with love, devotion, or awe (deference) implies a yielding or submitting to another's judgment or preference out of respect or reverence Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary As we read the verses on the Virtuous woman, we see her esteeming others above herself, everything she does is first, for her Husbands Honor, then she esteems her children, above herself, working for their benefit. Proverbs 31:10-31 We as the Bride of Christ, are to reverence the Lord, (as our husband), and to esteem the brethren above ourselves. (As the children of the Father) 1) If the man is to love his wife, as Christ loves the church, and gave himself for it, 2) Then the wife should have the same love for her husband, as the Church has for Christ. 3) That's as close as I can come to expressing, the kind of (LOVE) she should have for her husband. In Him Imm |
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4 | Why is love philandros not agapao? | Titus 2:4 | bowler | 206984 | ||
Immanuelsown I completely agree with you about this! What Searcher was asking about though was why "philandros" and not "agapao"? Not making an arugment with you at all as I agree whole heartedly with what you are saying. First let me apologize to you and to Searcher and to everyone else too. I think I said before I don't know everything and that I am a worthless son. This time I flubbed it major league, I didn't stop to look up every bit of it. The word "philandros" only appears once in the NT in this passage and means specifically wifely love for a husband. The word for women to love their children is "philoteknos" and only appears once in the NT this passage and means specifically love for your children. I completely flubbed applying the "agapaos" and "phileo" concept to this passage, I was dead wrong. Sorry for the mix up, next time I will look it all up first like I usually do before I post anything. blessings abound, bowler |
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