The Word That Will Not Bend
In 1611, when the King James translators labored over the Greek text of First John, they came to a phrase that stopped them cold: "ho...
This is tradition perspectives on love, drawing on 1 John 4:7-8.
In 1611, when the King James translators labored over the Greek text of First John, they came to a phrase that stopped them cold: "ho theos agape estin" — God is love. Not God is loving, not God has love, but God IS love. The verb of being. An ontological declaration etched into the very grammar of inspired Scripture. B.…
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