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1 | How many times is love in the bible. | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 150204 | ||
I like your point, if I understand it. I like it a lot. I am amazed, and sometimes amused, at our love for words, as distinct from ideas, and at our focus on words, for words have no meaning except in context. “How many times is love in the Bible?”, the person asks, and I wonder. Is that person interested in a word count, or do they want to know to what extent the Bible deals with love; love for God, love for one another, how to recognize love or give love, for example. I wonder how many times the word “love” is preceded directly, or followed, by the word “not”. But the idea that we can love the uppermost seats with an agape love is stunning. Let us how it shocks us into looking at words, not myopically, or under a microscope, but in context. |
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2 | How many times is love in the bible. | Bible general Archive 2 | Morant61 | 150218 | ||
Greetings Aixen! The phrase 'not love' occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the NIV. ;-) The order 'love not' only occurs once, in 1 John 4:10: "This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." Some of the 'supposed' differences in the Greek words for love have been overstated to say the least. But, your point is quite good! We don't need to simply count the verses, but read them and apply them as well! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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