What Is Love According To The Bible

The topic, "what is love" is a topic different people have different meanings to. Some people interpret it in ways that is toxic and selfish. That is why we have the bible to direct us on the true meaning. Bible says, let all men be false and God alone true. That means, whenever we are confused, we can always go back to God to clear our confusions.

We are using the bible passage, 1Corinthians 13:1-13 to lead us in the true meaning of love.

1. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5. Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
11. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Verse 1 says, though I speak with the tongues of Angels and I have not charity, I am a sounding cymbal, what that means is, it is possible you meet someone who appear zealous in the things of God, that doesn't guarantee that they have love, bible instructs us to try all spirits and know the truth. Meaning, we need to confirm the qualities of love in them before we conclude they have love.

Verse 2 and verse 2 are also buttressing the points in verse 1, lots of men go after a woman for years in attempt to get her to date them, some do very stressful things but the bible here is telling us that we should not see those things as love, because lots of men have done that in the past and still turned into monster after they were able to buy the woman to love them.

Verse 4 started with what love is exactly, and these are the things we should look out for when we want to know if someone has love towards us truly, not the worldly interpretations that lead to hurting one another later. God Himself showed us what love is in His behavior towards us. Bible says, God showed his love towards us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Meaning God gave His only saw to a people who are continually hurting Him with their ways with the hope that they will not perish if they accept this work of salvation Jesus Christ did. That is love. Love doesn't need to be transactional, lots of people interpret love to mean, I give you money then you give me sex, that is not love. Love is always after the well being of the other person even if they are too weak to return the favor to you.  Lots of men only love their women when she is well dressed and attractive, at other times when she is week, they are out there looking for another sexually attractive woman to tell that he loves her, that is not love. Love is naturally kind. It always want to do good, Love doesn't plan downfall of the other person, it is always looking for the good of the other person.

Another thing about love is, it doesn't plan evil with the other person, if your type of relationship is the one both of you always devise plans to hurt people, either by duping them of their money or worshipping devil together in those things you do, ranging from both of you committing fornication to disobeying parents, bible makes us to know that is not love. Both of you will hurt each other eventually.

We all see how our parents show us love, when we know nothing about life, how they guide us through, when we were babies and couldn't take care of ourselves, they were selfless to do things for us and make sure we are fine. This is love. Then suddenly we grow up and start giving another interpretation to love. Some even think love is sex and romance😏 did our parents need to sleep with us before we know they love us? No they didn't, that is because, interpreting sex as love is wrong. May God help us to accept the God's definition of love so that we don't get hurt or hurt someone we claim to love. Amen.

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