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Divine Love Transforming Human Love - Orthodox (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
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1 Corinthians 13 describes agape—love that is God's nature shared with humans. We don't generate this love; we participate in it through theosis. Maximus the Confessor taught that as we grow in union with God, His love increasingly becomes our love.
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