As I was contemplating the miraculous and mysterious, my mind bounced over the definition of love given in the Bible.
(1Co 13:4-8 KJV) Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth:...One of the thoughts I think I have already shared is that this definition of love helps us understand what the Bible means when it says “God is love”. It demonstrates what it means when we read “For God so loved the world...” But I had trouble relating not vauntething itself and not being puffed up. The NASB translates those as “arrogant” and “not bragging”.
In thinking about love, being non-arrogant, and non-bragging I realize that perhaps this was talking about the relationship within the trinity. The ideas involve some kind of puffing up that is all hot air and no substance. How could the source of all things think too highly of Himself? Some of the chapter talks about us as humans but others relate better to God. Or maybe it’s better to say that while all of it relates to us as humans some of it relates very well to God.
The Trinity postulates three persons. It would take a God-sized love to exist as one for eternity.
homo unius libri
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