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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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"a lover of God," 2 Timothy 3:4 .
"loving strangers" (xenia, "hospitality"), translated "a lover of hospitality" in Titus 1:8 , AV (RV, "given to h."); elsewhere, in 1 Timothy 3:2; 1 Peter 4:9 . See HOSPITALITY.
"loving that which is good" (agathos), Titus 1:8 , "a lover of good," RV.
Note: The negative aphilagathos is found in 2 Timothy 3:3 , "no lovers of good.""loving money" (arguros, "silver"), translated "lovers of money" in Luke 16:14; 2 Timothy 3:2 , RV (AV, "covetous"). See COVETOUS.
"loving oneself," 2 Timothy 3:2 , RV.
"loving pleasure" (hedone, "pleasure"), 2 Timothy 3:4 , "lovers of pleasure."
Note: For "loving warmly," Romans 12:10 , see AFFECTION , B, No. 2. For aphilarguros, "no lover of money," 1 Timothy 3:3 , RV, and Hebrews 13:5 , RV, see COVETOUS.Copyright Statement
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Lover'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/l/lover.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Lover'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/l/lover.html. 1940.
