RE: God does not love you...
May 7, 2012 at 10:28 pm
(This post was last modified: May 7, 2012 at 10:33 pm by Epimethean.)
You love to tout your lexicon and yet you discredit other lexicons. Interesting bias. Agenda?
Not the best written refutation, but gets to the root of the matter:
John 21:15-17 (NKJV):
15So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love [agap-] Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love [phil-] You.” He said to him, “Feed My lambs.” 16He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love [agap-] Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love [phil-] You.” He said to him, “Tend My sheep.” 17He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love [phil-] Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love [phil-] Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love [phil-] You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.
Interlinear text available in the link.
http://www.the-goldenrule.name/Agape-Eros_Phil.htm
Not the best written refutation, but gets to the root of the matter:
John 21:15-17 (NKJV):
15So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love [agap-] Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love [phil-] You.” He said to him, “Feed My lambs.” 16He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love [agap-] Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love [phil-] You.” He said to him, “Tend My sheep.” 17He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love [phil-] Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love [phil-] Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love [phil-] You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.
Interlinear text available in the link.
http://www.the-goldenrule.name/Agape-Eros_Phil.htm
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