Biblical Dads
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13 Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. 14 And do everything with love.
Word Study:
13 Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.
On guard
gregoreo - alert, awake, watchful, vigilant
Q: What lulls us into a state of inaction?
Stand firm in the faith
Stekete - Hold one’s ground, maintain a position, steadfast, upright
Q: what makes standing our ground difficult?
Courageous
andrizesthe - possessing qualities befitting a man.
Q: There’s a lot of ways men try to act with courage. What does it look like to do this biblically?
Strong
krataiou - powerful beyond the average or expected whether physically or in one’s constitution.
Q: Most men wind up being overpowering, bullying, etc when they try to be strong. What is needed to be strong without do that? The other end of the spectrum is to be become a pushover because our culture has emasculated true manhood. Where are the “guides” to help us be truly strong Christian men?
14 And do everything with love.
Word order in Gk: Everything, love do.
Emphasis that this is a total life expectation. That love covers everything, every action. Seems to modify the previous verse.
We guard, maintain, act in courage and strength from the position of love.
Love would be the “hill to die on.”
Do everything
panta - each, every item considered individually but taken all together.
Interp. We consider every aspect of being a man through the lens of being loving but especially the areas listed in v. 13.
Ginomai - become, behave, conduct ones’ self.
Love
agape - concern, love, regard with affection.
“do everything in a loving way (or, with a loving spirit)
Cross references:
On guard: Matt. 24.42; Mk. 13.37; 1 Thess. 3.8, 5.6; 1 Peter 5.8
Stand firm: 2 Cor. 1.21; 2 Thess. 2.15
Courageous: Psa 31.24; Psa 27.14;
Strong: Eph. 6.10; Col. 1.11; 1 Cor. 10.12
Do everything: Phil. 1.27
Love: 1 Peter 4.8; 1 Cor. 14.1
discussion Questions:
What are the challenges for men to lovingly fulfill the commands to:
be alert, stand firm, act in courage, use godly strength?
What does it look like when we do this?
Examples?
How do we apply these principles to fatherhood?