{"id":2777,"date":"2005-04-30T00:13:07","date_gmt":"2005-04-30T00:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=2777"},"modified":"2024-11-12T16:01:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T22:01:38","slug":"could-you-explain-what-is-true-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/could-you-explain-what-is-true-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Could you explain what is true love?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Could you explain I Corinthians 13:4-8\u00a0phrase by phrase to me? What is true love? What does it mean?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>See the article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/love-is\/\">&#8220;Love is &#8230;<\/a>&#8221; for a phrase-by-phrase explanation of I Corinthians 13:4-8. See &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/growingupboys.info\/book\/dating\/\">Dating and Courtship<\/a>&#8221; in the study\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/growingupboys.info\/book\/\">Growing Up in the Lord: A Study for Teenage Boys<\/a><\/i>\u00a0or &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/growingupgirls.info\/dating-and-courtship\/\">Dating and Courtship<\/a>&#8221; in the study\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/growingupgirls.info\/book\/\">Growing Up in the Lord: A Study for Teenage Girls<\/a><\/i>, for a discussion of how to tell if you are in love and how love and infatuation are different.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Could you explain I Corinthians 13:4-8\u00a0phrase by phrase to me? What is true love? What does it mean? Answer: See the article\u00a0&#8220;Love is &#8230;&#8221; for a phrase-by-phrase explanation of I Corinthians 13:4-8. 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