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Oct 14, 2022 · The Bible has a great deal to say about love. In fact, the Bible says that “love is of God” and “God is love” ( 1 John 4:7–8 ); in other words, love is a fundamental characteristic of who God is. Everything God does is impelled and influenced by His love. The Bible uses several different words for “love” in the Hebrew and Greek ...
Feb 12, 2024 · God’s love spills over into every book of the Bible, yet some verses specifically state God is love. So that we have no doubts about it! 1 John 4:8 states, “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love” (emphasis added). If we keep reading, we come to verse 16 in the same chapter, “And so we know and rely on the love God ...
Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 14 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Mar 11, 2024 · Let’s dive right into it. The Bible paints a rich, complex picture of who God is to us. Firstly, He’s depicted as our Creator. In Genesis 1:27, we read “So God created mankind in his own image.”. It’s clear as day that we are His handiwork, intricately fashioned by Him. Secondly, the Bible presents God as our Provider.
Acts 9:10-12 ESV / 21 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.”. And he said, “Here I am, Lord.”. And the Lord said to him, “Rise and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is ...
John 3:16-17 ESV / 10 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in ...
