Welcome to my thoughts of the bible, these are my personal thoughts and a way i look at what i have learned over the years and i thought i would take the time to share. As i have read, studied, learned, more questions would come up. So the first thing i thought i would share is truth, what is truth, people say truth is the bible from Genesis to Revelation, they say truth is the Word, well they are all right to me.
The word to ponder is love, rather the four loves in ancient greek found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love#Ancient_Greek. In 1960 C.S. Lewis wrote the book "The Four Loves" that explore four word of love being storge, philia, eros, and last agapē.
Some bible versus:
from Searchgodsword.org in the use of phileo i found this versus in the KJV Strong's version:
1Co 16:22 - "If any man love (5719) not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be; in the NWT I found 1Co 16:22 "If anyone has no affection for the Lord, let him be accursed. O our Lord, come!"
from the New World Translations of the Holy Scriptures (NWT):
1 Co 16:22-24 - "22 If anyone has no affection for the Lord, let him be accursed. O our Lord, come! 23 May the undeserved kindness of the Lord Jesus be with YOU.24 May my love be with all of YOU in union with Christ Jesus."
for agapē i found in the KJV Strong's version of the Searchgodsword.org:
1Th 3:12 - "And the Lord make you to increase (5659) and abound (5659) in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:"
from the New World Translations of the Holy Scriptures (NWT):
1 Th 3:12 - "Moreover, may the Lord cause YOU to increase, yes, make YOU abound, in love to one another and to all, even as we also do to YOU;"
compair this versus in these two bibles in the use of agapē:
for agapē i found in the KJV Strong's version of the Searchgodsword.org:
Re 2:19 - "I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first."
from the New World Translations of the Holy Scriptures (NWT):
Rev 2:19 - " ‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith and ministry and endurance, and that your deeds of late are more than those formerly."
1Co 16:22 - "If any man love (5719) not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be; in the NWT I found 1Co 16:22 "If anyone has no affection for the Lord, let him be accursed. O our Lord, come!"
from the New World Translations of the Holy Scriptures (NWT):
1 Co 16:22-24 - "22 If anyone has no affection for the Lord, let him be accursed. O our Lord, come! 23 May the undeserved kindness of the Lord Jesus be with YOU.24 May my love be with all of YOU in union with Christ Jesus."
for agapē i found in the KJV Strong's version of the Searchgodsword.org:
1Th 3:12 - "And the Lord make you to increase (5659) and abound (5659) in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:"
from the New World Translations of the Holy Scriptures (NWT):
1 Th 3:12 - "Moreover, may the Lord cause YOU to increase, yes, make YOU abound, in love to one another and to all, even as we also do to YOU;"
compair this versus in these two bibles in the use of agapē:
for agapē i found in the KJV Strong's version of the Searchgodsword.org:
Re 2:19 - "I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first."
from the New World Translations of the Holy Scriptures (NWT):
Rev 2:19 - " ‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith and ministry and endurance, and that your deeds of late are more than those formerly."
I googled "number of times love in bible" and on web site about 8th search I got this link http://www.chacha.com/question/how-many-times-does-the-word-love-appear-in-the-bible and it shows 551 times, this must be an important word, important knowledge and important thought to act on for godly love!!
