Love It, Learn It, Live It

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1 Corinthians 13:4 (KJV) Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.

1 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV) Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

1 Corinthians 13:4 (MSG) Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. Love doesn’t strut, doesn’t have a swelled head.

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Understanding the Bible

It was written over a period of 1600 years in over a dozen countries on

three continents by 40 people in three different languages.

The Bible was written by poets, prophets, farmers, kings, soldiers,

shepherds, princes, priests, historians, fisherman, tax collectors,

scholars, businessmen and doctors.

The Bible was written in caves, ships, palaces, prisons, and deserts.

How did they come up with the same story?

There is only one Author of the Bible.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV) All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

The Subject of the Bible is Jesus.

John 5:39 (NLT) “You search the Scriptures because you think they give you

eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!”

John 3:16 (NIV) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that

whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

The Verb of the Bible is Give.

1 John 3:16 (NIV) This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life

for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.