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The Greek word that ties the whole chapter together. Agapē. Fifteen times in one chapter. The love that God is. The love the Spirit produces in us. And the closing of Season Two.

In this letter

- Agapē (G26) walked slow

- The whole chapter walked one more time

- Agapē as God's very being — 1 John 4:8

- Agapē as the fruit of the Spirit — Galatians 5:22

- Agapē as the summary of the Christian ethic

- A recap of Season 2 — the ten weeks and their apex words

- A recap of both seasons — from hypóstasis to agapē

- A direct pastoral landing for the whole 100-letter run

Scripture — 1 Corinthians 13; John 3:16; 1 John 4:8; John 13:34-35; Galatians 5:22

Greek word study

- agapē (ἀγάπη, G26) — chosen, committed, sacrificial love (Friday apex and Season 2 apex)

Season Two word studies, in review

- bara (H1254) — to create (Week 11, Genesis 1)

- shama / ra'ah (Hebrew hearing → seeing) (Week 12, Job 38-42)

- yada (H3045) — to know intimately (Week 13, Psalm 139)

- devarim (H1697) — words (Week 14, Exodus 20)

- paga (H6293) — to fall on, to intercede (Week 15, Isaiah 53)

- v'hen la — even if not (Aramaic, Week 16, Daniel 3)

- epiousios (G1967) — daily (Week 17, Matthew 6)

- anōthen (G509) — again / from above (Week 18, John 3)

- ekcheō (G1632) — to pour out (Week 19, Acts 2)

- agapē (G26) — love (Week 20, 1 Corinthians 13)

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If you had every spiritual gift you have ever admired, but did not have love, would it be worth anything? Paul says no.

In this letter

- Building identity on knowledge, service, experience, or morality

- The fifteen actions applied to the person you are hardest to love

- Ou logizetai to kakon — the ledger of wrongs

- Verse 12 as the foundation — you are known fully

Scripture — 1 Corinthians 13:1-7, 12

The question to sit with

Whose ledger have you been keeping? And is it time to release it?

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Walking the poem slow. The negative case, the description, the permanence. Fifteen actions of love. And the reciprocal knowing that ends the chapter.

In this letter

- Verses 1-3 — the negative case

- Verses 4-7 — fifteen specific actions of love

- Makrothumei (long-suffering) and chrēsteuetai (kind)

- Ou logizetai to kakon — does not tally wrongs

- The exercise — read the descriptions with Jesus's name in place of love

- Verses 8-13 — permanence, maturity, and mirror imagery

- The reciprocal knowing in verse 12

Scripture — 1 Corinthians 13

Greek word studies

- agapē (ἀγάπη, Strong's G26) — chosen, committed, sacrificial love

- makrothumei — long-suffering

- chrēsteuetai — kind, useful in kindness

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