GREEK
WORD WITH ENGLISH TRANSLITERATION: εκπιπτω (ekpipto)
PRONUNCIATION:
ek-PIP-toe
STRONG’S
CONCORDANCE #: 1601 (from 1537 and 4098)
MEANING:
to fall; to fall away
BACKGROUND
OF WORD (ETYMOLOGY): from two words meaning "to fall
out"; used in the military sence of a soldier "falling out" of
formation;
HOW
TRANSLATED IN KJV AND/OR ESV: fall; fall away; fail
#
OF TIMES USED IN THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT: 13
VERSES
IN THE BIBLE WHERE GREEK WORD USED:
1 Corinthians 13:8 –
"Love never ends (εκπιπτω)." ESV
"Love never fails (εκπιπτω). " KJV, NKJV,
NASB and NIV
THOUGHT
FOR THE DAY:
Paul, trying to set the record
straight on spiritual gifts and the value of love tells us “Love never
fails”.
The word “faileth” or “fails” is the
Greek word ekpipto, a word that dates
back to classical Greece and generally means to fall from a high position. It was also used on rare occasions to
depict a warrior who fell in battle.
In many places the word ekpipto is
used to depict falling into ruin, into
destruction, into some kind of misfortune, or into disappointment. In 1
Corinthians 13:8, Paul uses this word to affirm the eternal truth that love
never disappoints or fails.
It is simply the truth that human beings
often fail each other. I'm sure you have felt let down by someone else at some
point along the way. And if you're honest about your own dealings with others,
you'll have to admit that you have been guilty of letting others down as well.
But agape love — God's love — never
disappoints, never fails, and never lets anyone down. It is a love that can
always be depended on and is always reliable.
People you know and respect may
occasionally fall from the high position they hold in life — and that can be an
emotionally difficult experience for you when you see it happen. Other times,
fellow warriors may fall in battle or stumble into some kind of misfortune that
disappoints you, and that is painful as well.
But you can be sure that the agape love of God will never fail you
or let you down. This love is constant, unchanging, and unbendable. It is a
love you will always find to be reliable and true — a love on which you can
depend.
God wants you to learn to function in
His high-level agape love, which is
why the Holy Spirit so carefully inspired the apostle Paul to write these
famous words in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. This passage of Scripture is God's
mirror, designed for us to look into so we can see how well we fare at walking
in the agape love of God.
CHALLENGE FOR THE DAY:
Find someone today who is
not “easy” to love in this “agape” type of love and extend yourself to
them. Seek several ways to day to prove
that “love never fails.”
PRAYER OF THE DAY:
Lord,
I want to be the embodiment of Your love. I know that I fall very short of the
agape love that You desire to see operating in my life. Therefore, I am asking
You to help me move upward to the highest level of love so I can be a channel
through which this love can be poured out to others whom I know and meet. Just
as You have loved me, help me become a life-changing source of divine love to
other people. I pray this in Jesus' name! Amen.
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