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The Practice of Charity (Love)
Let love be without dissimulation. Romans 12:9 After the apostle Paul’s discussion on spiritual gifts, he moves on to instructing the church on how they ought to live together and serve the Lord together, which was a needful thing for the Roman Christians. He expounds the very foundation of all interactions within the Christian church, the very key ingredient that glues the local church together in their lives together. The foundation is unconditional love (agape translated love). There are three Greek words for love; Eros – love between husband and wife, Philo – friendship love, and Agape – unconditional love. Paul was not referring to the first two in this.…