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What does it mean that love keeps no record of wrongs? We're going to answer that question.
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You can also discover more on GotQuestions .org. In 1 Corinthians 13, the love chapter, we have a list of love's attributes.
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Included in the description of love are some things that love is not. Verse 5 says that love keeps no record of wrongs, or as the
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Amplified Bible translates it, it takes no account of the evil done to it.
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It pays no attention to a suffered wrong. This idea of keeping no lists of wrongs directly connects with Paul's words to the
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Corinthian believers earlier in the epistle. Some in the church were bringing lawsuits against other
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Christians. Instead of settling church matters among themselves in a spirit of humility and love, they were dragging each other to court.
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Paul takes a firm stand on the matter. The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already.
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Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? To combat the attitude of demanding one's pound of flesh,
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Paul wrote that love keeps no record of wrongs. In fact, it is better to be cheated than to be unloving.
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Jesus Christ provided the ultimate example of this type of love. On the cross, he paid the price for the sins of the entire world.
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While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Jesus kept no record of wrongs.
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Rather, he prayed, Father, forgive them from the cross as he died. Colossians also ties forgiveness to love.
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Forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
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And over all these virtues, put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
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Refusing to keep a record of wrongs is a clear expression of God's love and forgiveness.
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So often people say they love each other, but as soon as one gets angry, out comes the list of past sins.
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Accusations fly, painful memories are dredged up, and bygones are no longer bygones.
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This is not love. True godly love forgives and refuses to keep track of personal slights received.
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The focus of love is not one's own pain, but the needs of the loved one.
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Obviously, we should not allow people to continue to hurt or abuse us or others.
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That's not what 1 Corinthians 13 .6 is teaching. The goal is to have a spirit of reconciliation.
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To forgive those who seek forgiveness. Letting the past stay in the past.
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Some people have an axe to grind, but Christian love seeks to bury the hatchet. Love keeps no record of wrongs, for we forgive as Christ has forgiven us.
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When Peter asked Jesus, Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?
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As many as seven times? Jesus said to him, I do not say to you seven times, but seventy -seven times.
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That is love. That answers the question, what does it mean that love keeps no record of wrongs?
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