Thanks to Mark Klaasen in a comment to Bill Johnson, I need to make some corrections to the February 12, 2012 Today’s Word. Mark pointed out that the actual word in this verse is the verb makrothumeo, not the noun makrothumia. I should have made it clear that the verb is derived from the noun…
love is patient 1 Corinthians 13:4 NASB Patient – The Greek word is makrothumeo. It comes from two older Greek nouns, makros meaning “long” (i.e. an extended temporal duration) and thumos meaning “passion.” We might think that this mean love has a passion that lasts. That seems very nice, the sort of thing we like…
(A continuation of the articles in series The Emotional Mind) Most people say that they believe in God. Most people pray to God when their lives start coming apart. Most people invoke God when they get married or when they are near death. Most people find some room in their lives for God when circumstances…
Before we begin a study of Paul’s famous passage on Love, we need to understand something about the background of Paul’s message. Paul was a Jew. Although he was a Roman citizen and fluent in Greek, Paul’s thought patterns were in Hebrew. He was educated in the Rabbinic tradition. He was a man of the…
