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Bible quotes about love “Everything should be done in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:14 “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.” — 1 Peter 4:8
In uncertain times, the Bible is a place to turn to for strength, hope, and comfort. The post 50 Inspiring Bible Quotes That Will Renew Your Faith appeared first on Reader's Digest.
“But God said to him,” either by some secret inspiration, or some sudden mortal stroke, sending him a mortal disease, which was taking him out of life and thus showing his folly; or by an angel, “thou fool,” while thou hast not a day which thou canst call thine own, thou promisest thyself many years, on which all thy calculations of ...
The Baal Shem Tov interprets the verse "Serve God with happiness", that "The happiness itself is your service of God". [33] In the teachings of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Hasidism, happiness is believed to be an essential element in the struggle between the Godly and Animal souls. When a person is sad or depressed ...
St. Thomas Aquinas, in the question on anger of his Summa Theologiae, quotes the Opus Imperfectum in Matthaeum, "he that is angry without cause, shall be in danger; but he that is angry with cause, shall not be in danger: for without anger, teaching will be useless, judgments unstable, crimes unchecked," and concludes saying that "to be angry ...
Parables are one of the many literary forms in the Bible, but are especially seen in the gospels of the New Testament. Parables are generally considered to be short stories such as the Good Samaritan, and are differentiated from metaphorical statements such as, "You are the salt of the earth." A true parable may be regarded as an extended ...
Contentment which known as santutthi in Pāli is the freedom from anxiety, wanting, or craving. It is an important virtue that was mentioned in many important Buddhist scriptures like Metta Sutta, Mangala Sutta etc. In the verse 204 of Dhammapada, contentment is mentioned as the greatest wealth.
The Christian virtue is hoping specifically for Divine union and so eternal happiness. While faith is a function of the intellect, hope is an act of the will. As a deeply rooted aspect of human life, it also encompasses other dimensions, such as the cultural and mythical dimension of hope, the hope required to perform every action ...