Study On The Thought Of "virtues Of Love" In The Bible

The Bible "is as origina l flowing water of Westernculture.It profoundlyimpacted peoples,living habits and ways of thinking,nourished the Westernliterature and art, gave birth to Western Christian civiliza tion. the core of the Bibleethics is " Virtues of love " .It is the comma ndments and grace of God,and it is alsothe lega lity basis of Christian behavior and the key that masters everything. The "Virtues of love"of the Bible develop ed from a love of the Old Testament to NewTestament.the Old Testament love has some limitations in the scope and depth.forexample:the love of Israel can not benefit the Gentiles in the Old Testament ,naturally,it does not include the country's enemy. The laws of the Old Testament - Moses theTen Comma ndments carved in stone ,it can be achieved if there are external supervised.The love of New Testament is beyond the love of the Old Testament, the scope of loveextended the from the neighbors to each person; love of the Gospel is engra ved in thehearts of every believer.Love is real life. From the birth of life into the passing away of life, whicheverstage need love. Love of bible is more ethical than feeling, "Bible" Love is dividedinto three aspects: the love of God to people, the love of people to God and the lovebetween people. God's love is the roots of the sanctity and transcendent,it is also thethe body of existence . God's Love is reflected in three aspects in the Bible ,that is thelove of the Creation , covena nt love, the love of salvation; the love to God is theresponse to the love of God to the people's. Life is guilty so that human can notovercome sin and be saved by their own fforts, God is the protection of humansalvation and the only driving force. Gospel of Love is engra ved in the hearts of everybeliever. People's love among them is to ma nifest and follow the love of God. Is anextension of the relationship between people and God, Is the ethical concern forpeople. Self-love is not selfish, self-love is the love of the footing and the premise toothers. proper self-love is worth promoting, but excessive self-love is a crime.There is some differenc between the concept and characteristics of the " Virtues oflove" and Confucia nism"Love", the Budd hist "compassion" . but there are some similarities . the thought of"Virtues of love"has a certain value of resources inconstructing universa l ethics; the thought of"Virtues of lovee"provided a theoretica lbasis in construction of environmental ethics ; the thought of"Virtues of love"provided a certain ideologica l resources for build ing a harmonious society .these areno doubt that the thought of"Virtues of love"reflected some modern value.