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Bearing with One Another

26Jan | 2018

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We know we are called to love others, but how do we do this? It can be even more difficult with those who are hard to love. God’s Word gives us the answer. As we learn to walk in love, it will affect our attitudes, our actions, and our relationship!

Learning to walk in love is made practical through what is known as the mutuality commands or the “one anothers” in the Scriptures. This week we begin by comparing the famous love passage in 1 Corinthians 13 with the mutuality commands of Scripture. Look at 1 Corinthians 13:4a alongside Ephesians 4:1-3:

Love is patient and kind; —1 Corinthians 13:4a

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. —Ephesians 4:1-3

LOVE is patient and kind so WALK bearing with one another.

Bear with in the original language means to hold up or keep back from falling, to bear patiently and is spoken of having patience with the errors of weaknesses of others. It implies the idea of giving another person/believer room to grow in their faith and their walk.

When I am impatient my words and actions are rushed and rude. When I walk with an attitude of bearing with my words and actions are to be patient and kind.

How exactly are we to bear with one another?…continue reading

Filed Under: Walk in Love Study Tagged With: 1 Corinthians 13, bearing with others, Ephesians 4:1-3, fruit of the Spirit, Galatians 5:22-23, gentleness, humility, kindness, one another, patience, relationships, walk, walk in love, way of love

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