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John 15:19. ESV If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. NIV If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
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When Jesus says to "abide in my love," He doesn't only mean...
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Verse 19. - If ye were of the world - i.e. still a part of it, deriving your life, maxims, and pleasures from it; if you could sympathize with its vulgar passion, and its temporary fleeting excitements, partisanships, and bigotries - the world would be loving (ἐφιλεὶ, notice the form of the conditional sentence, a supposition contrary to fact, therefore anticipating the negative clause ...
15 Biblical Stories That Speak to us About Love In the timeless pages of the Bible, amidst the biblical lessons of faith, redemption, and divine guidance, there is a profound and enduring theme that shines brightly: perfect love. Love, in all its forms, is a central tenet of the Christian faith, and the Bible offers a rich tapestry of stories that beautifully illustrate the power, depth, and ...
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—The force of the expression indicates the utter selfishness of the world’s love. It would love not them, but that in them which was its own. (Comp. Note on John 7:7.) I have chosen you out of the world. —Comp. John 15:16, and Note on John 7:7. There He had told them that the world could not hate them.
Jun 18, 2012 · It means God loved the people in the world. Obviously when Scripture says to us in 1 John 2, “Don’t love the world,” it’s not telling us, “Don’t love the people of the world.”. Rather, it is telling us, “Don’t love the sin of the world.”. In terms of what that practically means, I think it involves not being mesmerized by ...
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Feb 19, 2016 · Confession of God as the good, faithful, and loving creator suffuses the texts in between the two books and is an essential part of Christian confession. The world is neither a brute fact, nor a text without a context. God precedes and exceeds the world, but not as something bigger and older: rather as the absolute and infinite source of all.
