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NASB | Ephesians 5:25 ¶ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 5:25 ¶ Husbands, love your wives [seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love], just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, |
Bible Question (short): can we love unconditionally ? |
Question (full): Are we able to love one another unconditionally? Can we achieve agape love? I am just a working "stiff" (50 yrs old) but my pastor says in counseling sessions that our servanthood does not end at the end of our workday, we must continue to serve our spouse when we get home. I know that sometimes I am physically exhausted and unable to meet the demands of another, at least for a while. My fiance' sometimes drives a wedge into our godly relationship by comparing my love with the love that Christ Himself offers. She makes me feel deficient in love because my best is not good enough. This I feel is unfair because I know I will always fail at attempting to love her with God's agape love. Does the Bible command us to love one another with 100 percent 100 percent of the time? In His infailing love, Tim |