Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
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LOVE FEAST — a meal shared by the early Christians when they met together for fellowship and the Lord's Supper. The term love feast is clearly used only in Jude 12 (feasts of charity; KJV). But some Greek manuscripts support “love feasts” instead of “deceptions” in |
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Hayford's Bible Handbook - Dictionary
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LOVE FEAST—a meal shared by the early Christians when they met together for fellowship and the Lord's Supper. The term love feast is clearly used only in Jude 12 (feasts of charity; KJV), but some Greek manuscripts support “love feasts” instead of “deceptions” in |
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Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary
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LOVE FEASTS agape (ἀγάπη, 26) is used in the plural in Jude 12, and in some mss. in 2 Pet. 2:13; RV marg., “many ancient authorities read ‘deceivings,'” (apatais); so the KJV. These love... |
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Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Love feasts (Agapè), 2 Pet. 2:13; Jude 12, an entertainment in which the poorer members of the church partook, furnished from the contributions of Christians resorting to the eucharistic celebration, but whether before or after may be doubted. The true account of the matt... |
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Where To Find It In The Bible
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LOVE Mistaking love for hatred, Deuteronomy 1:27 (LB). Love between two men, 2 Samuel 1:26. Determining identity of true mother, 1 Kings 3:16-28 |
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I Never Knew That Was In The Bible
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LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR The command “love thy neighbour” is found eight times in the KJV, once in the Old Testament and seven times in the New Testament. In Leviticus 19:18, the command is: “Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD” (KJV). All the c... |
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New Naves Topical Bible
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Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Commentary - Topics
In Focus: “love”(Gk. agape) (4:8; Rom. 5:5, 8; 1 John 3:1; 4:7, |
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What Does The Bible Say About
LoveLove Is a ChoicePopular culture often describes love in terms of passion, sexuality, or blind devotion. By this measure, love is little more than an uncontrollable attraction toward another person that ebbs and flows unconsciously. This sort of “love” looks only for its own gain and can walk away if its demands and needs go unmet or unsatisfied. By contrast, God called Hose... |
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MacArthur Bible Handbook
First Peter |
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