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First Corinthians 13--Love knows and sees clearly

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:12, 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall know fully just as I also have been fully… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/08-2017/first-corinthians-13-love-knows-and-sees-clearly/

First Corinthians 13--Maturing in Love

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:11, 11 When I was a child, I used to speak as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/08-2017/first-corinthians-13-maturing-in-love/

First Corinthians 13--Temporary gifts and callings

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:8-10, 8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/08-2017/first-corinthians-13-temporary-gifts-and-callings/

First Corinthians 13--Love never fails

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:8, “Love never fails.” Really?? Literature is full of stories about the tragedies of unrequited love. We are given the impression that love is… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/08-2017/first-corinthians-13-love-never-fails/

First Corinthians 13--Love endures all things

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:7 that love “endures all things.” How does this differ from Paul’s earlier statements that “love is patient” and love “bears all things”? In our… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/08-2017/first-corinthians-13-love-endures-all-things/

First Corinthians 13--Love hopes all things

In 1 Corinthians 13:7, Paul says that love “hopes all things.” The Greek word elpizo means “expectation, confident trust.” Our English word “hope,” as commonly used today, denotes… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/08-2017/first-corinthians-13-love-hopes-all-things/

Love believes all things

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:7 that love “believes all things.” Is love gullible? Is it love to believe a lie? Paul has just told us that love “rejoices with the truth.”… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/07-2017/love-believes-all-things/

First Corinthians 13--Love bears all things

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:7 that love “bears all things.” The Greek word he uses is stego, “roof over, cover, protect, hide, conceal, keep off something which threatens, bear,… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/07-2017/first-corinthians-13-love-bears-all-things/

First Corinthians 13--Love rejoices not in injustice, but in truth

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:6 that love “does not rejoice in unrighteousness” (NASB). The KJV renders it, “rejoiceth not in iniquity.” Paul uses the word adikia, which means… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/07-2017/first-corinthians-13-love-rejoices-not-in-injustice-but-in-truth/

First Corinthians 13--Love does not reckon evil

Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 13:5 (NASB) that love “does not take into account a wrong suffered.” The KJV reads, “thinketh no evil,” which, according to Dr. Bullinger’s notes,… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/07-2017/first-corinthians-13-love-does-not-reckon-evil/

First Corinthians 13--Love is not provoked

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:5 that love “is not provoked.” The KJV reads, “is not easily provoked,” but the word Paul uses is paroxynomai, which does not include any word that… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/07-2017/first-corinthians-13-love-is-not-provoked/

First Corinthians 13--Love's priority

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:5 that love “does not seek its own (will).” The Greek word for “seek” is zateo, “to seek, require, demand.” It is also a Hebraism for seeking God,… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/07-2017/first-corinthians-13-loves-priority/

First Corinthians 13--Love does not disgrace others

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:5, love "does not act unbecomingly.” Here Paul uses the word aschemoneo, the negative of schemon, “deformed, shapeless, indecent, unseemly.” Paul is… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/07-2017/first-corinthians-13-love-does-not-disgrace-others/

First Corinthians 13--Love is not arrogant

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:4 that “love is not arrogant.” The word translated “arrogant" is physioo, from which we get our word physical. It is from physis, which means… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/07-2017/first-corinthians-13-love-is-not-arrogant/

First Corinthians 13--Love does not brag

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:4, “love does not brag.” Paul uses the word perpereuomai, which is from perperos, “braggart.” It is the only time that this Greek word is used in the… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/07-2017/first-corinthians-13-love-does-not-brag/

First Corinthians 13--Love is not jealous

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:4 that “love… is not jealous.” The Greek word he uses for “jealous” is zeloo. It comes from the verb zelo, “zeal,” which means “to be heated or to… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/07-2017/first-corinthians-13-love-is-not-jealous/

Comments on Prophetic Timing

I awoke this morning with a word about prophecy. Everyone wants to know what is happening in the world around them, and people are trying to make sense of it. I learned many… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/07-2017/comments-on-prophetic-timing/

First Corinthians 13--Elisha's act of kindness

In 2 Kings 6:8-23 we read how the king of Aram (Syria) sent troops to fight against Israel. The troops tried to set a trap for the king of Israel, but Elisha continued to give… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/07-2017/first-corinthians-13-elishas-act-of-kindness/

First Corinthians 13--Love is kind

Paul says in 1 Cor. 13:4 that “love is kind.” In other words, love is chresteuomai (middle voice of chrestos). The Greek word chrestos was used often in the Septuagint as the… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/07-2017/first-corinthians-13-love-is-kind/

First Corinthians 13--More about patience

The word for patience in 1 Corinthians 13:4 is macrothumeo. The word macro means “long,” and thumeo is from thumos, which is where we get our word for the thymus gland. The word… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/07-2017/first-corinthians-13-more-about-patience/

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