CHARITY (AGAPE: Strong’s #26)
(1Co 13:4-8) Love has patience, is kind; charity is not envious, is not vain, is not puffed up; does not behave indecently, does not seek her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil. Love does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth, quietly covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But if there are prophecies, they will be abolished; if tongues, they shall cease; if knowledge, it will be abolished.
KJV says Love: suffereth long, and is kind; envieth not; vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. never faileth (1 Corinthians 13:4-8).
LOVE:
- Suffers Long/Patient - is an unlimited resource
- Is Kind - is impartial
- Envies not - is above emotions
- Is not vain - operates in the sufficiency of God
- Is not Puffed up - is above intellect
- Is not Unseemly/indecently - gives and does not grab
- Seeks not her own - glorifies God (is not self centered)
- Is not Easily Provoked - is above circumstances
- Thinks no evil - values the Good
- Rejoices not in iniquity/sin, but Rejoices in the Truth - brings and is good news
- Bears all things, Believes all things, Has Hope in all things, Endures all things - is foundational
- Never fails - is eternal
LOVE IS: infinite, impartial, in the Spirit, in control, illuminating, instant in season, intent on Him, incorruptible, immortal, ideal, indissoluble, indestructible.
LOVE IS NOT: partial, prejudiced, petty, pompous, puffed up, pushy, prideful, provoked, polluted, promoting sin, passive, perishable.
LOVE DOES: bring repentance, remit, receive from Him, reveal the Christ, rest in Him, respect others, reverence God, redeem, resurrect, rejoice, restore, remain.
LOVE DOES NOT: frustrate, factionalize, fret, flaunt fantasize, fornicate, fight, fester, fear, fabricate fiction, falter, fail.
God is LOVE (1 John 4:8,16).
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