Gods Definition of Love

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Gods Definition of Love
Love suffers long
thinks no evil
not rejoice in iniquity rejoices in the
truth bears all things believes all things hopes
all things endures all things
is kind is not jealous does not brag is not
arrogant is not rude does not seek its own is not
provoked
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Outline Love IsNot Provoked
Definition Key NT Passages Wisdom from Proverbs
Practical Applications
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Love Is Not Provoked(paroxynomai)
Root to make sharp, sharpen stimulate, stir
up, urge, irritate, provoke, arouse to anger,
exasperate is not easily provoked (KJV) is not
provoked (ASV, NASB, YLT, NKJV) is not
irritable (RSV, NRSV, ESV, GWT, NLT) does not
get upset with others (NCV) Root word used only
4 times in the NT.
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Hebrews 1024 (KJV)
And let us consider one another to provoke unto
love and to good works 
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Acts 1539 (NASB)
And there occurred such a sharp disagreement that
they separated from one another, and Barnabas
took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus. 
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Acts 1716 (NASB)
Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens,
his spirit was being provoked within him as he
was observing the city full of idols. 
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Be Slow To Anger
James 119-20 19 But everyone must be quick
to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger  20
for the anger of man does not achieve the
righteousness of God. 
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Be Angry and Yet Do Not Sin
Ephesians 426-27 26 Be angry, and yet do
not sin do not let the sun go down on your
anger, 27 and do not give the devil an
opportunity. 31 Let all bitterness and wrath
and anger and clamor and slander be put away from
you, along with all malice. 
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Proverbs On Anger
Proverbs 1632 Whoever is slow to anger is
better than the mighty, and he who rules his
spirit than he who takes a city.
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Elders Are To Have ControlOver Their Passions
Titus 17 not soon angry Elders must not be
quick-tempered or prone to anger.
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Proverbs On Anger
Proverbs 1429 Whoever is slow to anger has
great understanding, but he who has a hasty
temper exalts folly.
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Proverbs On Anger
Proverbs 151 A soft answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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Proverbs On Anger
Proverbs 1518 A hot-tempered man stirs up
strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets
contention.
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Proverbs On Anger
Proverbs 1911 Good sense makes one slow to
anger, and it is his glory to overlook an
offense.
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Proverbs On Anger
Proverbs 1919 A man of great wrath will pay
the penalty, for if you deliver him, you will
only have to do it again.
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Proverbs On Anger
Proverbs 2224-25 Make no friendship with a
man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,
lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in
a snare.
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Proverbs On Anger
Proverbs 2911 A fool gives full vent to his
spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.
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Proverbs On Anger
Proverbs 2922 A man of wrath stirs up strife,
and one given to anger causes much transgression.
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Putting Off Anger
Refuse To Justify Our Anger Proverbs 2922
Matt. 521-22 Recognize The Sources of Our Anger
Proverbs 1632 James 42 Let The Gospel
Eliminate Our Anger Proverbs 1632 James
42
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If I Am Irritable and Angry
I Am Nothing
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Have You Obeyed The Gospel?
Hear The Word (Rom. 1017) Believe That Jesus
is the Son of God (Acts 837) Repent of Your
Sins (Acts 238) Confess That Jesus is the Son
of God (Acts 837) Be Baptized for the
Forgiveness of Sins (Acts 238) Having Become A
Christian, Live Faithfully Until You Die (Rev.
210)