1. Learning About Love 1 Cor 13

2. Learning About Love 1 Cor 13

3. Learning About Love 1 Cor 13 Love’s Necessity One can quickly see the importance the Bible places on love Re: spouses Eph 5:25 Titus 2:4 Re: children Titus 2:4 Re: enemies Mt 5:43-44 Re: brethren Jn 13:34-35 15:12-17 1 Jn 2:9-11 3:10-15 4:20 – 5:1 Love’s Necessity One can quickly see the importance the Bible places on love Re: spouses Eph 5:25 Titus 2:4 Re: children Titus 2:4 Re: enemies Mt 5:43-44 Re: brethren Jn 13:34-35 15:12-17 1 Jn 2:9-11 3:10-15 4:20 – 5:1

4. Learning About Love 1 Cor 13 Love’s Necessity With such an “importance,” Biblical love virtually cries out for a definition It must be properly understood & practiced Love’s Necessity With such an “importance,” Biblical love virtually cries out for a definition It must be properly understood & practiced

5. Learning About Love 1 Cor 13 Love Depicted & Defined Love must be the motivation behind all actions vv. 1-3 For the sake of the gospel For the sake of other people Actions without love are only empty…“hollow” Man may not know love is absent, but God will certainly know Love Depicted & Defined Love must be the motivation behind all actions vv. 1-3 For the sake of the gospel For the sake of other people Actions without love are only empty…“hollow” Man may not know love is absent, but God will certainly know

6. Learning About Love 1 Cor 13 Love Depicted & Defined Technically, God does not “define” love There is no abstract or theoretical definition to learn or memorize The N.T. “describes” love instead of “defining” it “Love” in this text = agape All 15 “properties” are in verb form vv. 4-8a Love Depicted & Defined Technically, God does not “define” love There is no abstract or theoretical definition to learn or memorize The N.T. “describes” love instead of “defining” it “Love” in this text = agape All 15 “properties” are in verb form vv. 4-8a

7. Learning About Love 1 Cor 13 Love Depicted & Defined Love… …is patient Long suffering; to be of a long spirit Slow in bearing the offenses of others cp. Mt 18:26, 29 2 Pet 3:9 Love Depicted & Defined Love… …is patient Long suffering; to be of a long spirit Slow in bearing the offenses of others cp. Mt 18:26, 29 2 Pet 3:9

8. Learning About Love 1 Cor 13 Love Depicted & Defined Love… …is kind Mild, not harsh or bitter Only occurrence of this word in N.T. Root of this word found in Lk 5:39 Old wine is “better” (mellow…not sharp or biting in taste) Love Depicted & Defined Love… …is kind Mild, not harsh or bitter Only occurrence of this word in N.T. Root of this word found in Lk 5:39 Old wine is “better” (mellow…not sharp or biting in taste)

9. Learning About Love 1 Cor 13 Love Depicted & Defined Love… …is not jealous To be “heated” or “boiling over” with envy Jealousy wants what another has…Envy doesn’t want the other person to have it either One who seethes over another’s success cp. Acts 7:9 17:2-6 Love Depicted & Defined Love… …is not jealous To be “heated” or “boiling over” with envy Jealousy wants what another has…Envy doesn’t want the other person to have it either One who seethes over another’s success cp. Acts 7:9 17:2-6

10. Learning About Love 1 Cor 13 Love Depicted & Defined Love… …does not brag To boast one’s self Only occurrence of this word in N.T. Root word in Greek = “wind bag” cp. Lk 18:9-14 Love Depicted & Defined Love… …does not brag To boast one’s self Only occurrence of this word in N.T. Root word in Greek = “wind bag” cp. Lk 18:9-14

11. Learning About Love 1 Cor 13 Love Depicted & Defined Love… …is not arrogant To inflate, blow up, cause to swell; to puff up To bear one’s self loftily cp. Rom 12:3, 16 Love Depicted & Defined Love… …is not arrogant To inflate, blow up, cause to swell; to puff up To bear one’s self loftily cp. Rom 12:3, 16

12. Learning About Love 1 Cor 13