Category Archives: Meditations by P.Wilhelm Löhe (Translation)

LÖHE ON JOHN 13:34

Jesus said: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” (Joh 13:34 NIV) Watch the Lord going down from Galilee to Jericho and from there upwards toward Jerusalem. … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 13:13

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1Co 13:13 NIV) When faith sees what it has believed it supersedes being faith. Hope is transcended when that what was hoped for is … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 13:8

Love never ends. (1Co 13:8 ESV) Obviously! How could it be different? What more should come of love? What higher status could it attain? No, there is nothing higher or more beautiful than love. Love never ends, doesn’t give way for … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 13:4-7

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 13:1-3

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 12:31

The twelfth chapter of the first letter to the Corinthians deals with the extraordinary gifts of the Holy Spirit and also the services in which these gifts manifest themselves. In Conclusion the holy Apostle encourages his readers to desire and … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 2.CORINTHIANS 12:7

To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. (2Co 12:7 NIV) The Lord God turned the apostle St. Paul into … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 2.CORINTHIANS 12:9

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2Co 12:9 NIV) Those who are severely afflicted have not necessarily fallen from grace, they can actually be in very high standing in so far as … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 2.CORINTHIANS 12:7

To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. (2Co 12:7 NIV) God has included daemonic afflictions into his divine plans … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 2.CORINTHIANS 12:1-2.4

I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. … Continue reading

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