Subject: How many times is love in the bible. |
Bible Note: 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. |