Love is an action verb. Love is observable. It is not affection, it is not feeling, it is not compassion, though all these attributes may accompany love, they are not observable actions.
V. 20 seems strangly out of context or do we misinterpret it? The Gr. root for the word receive here is the same as "take" in Matt. 5:40 i.e. "sue thee at the law to TAKE away thy coat" and the Greek grammer book defines it as "to take in hand or to seize. To keep the verse of Jn.13:20 in context, might Jesus be describing the betrayal process? In V.27 Jesus sends Judas to the High Priests when He says "That thou doest, do quickly". The High Priests then take the plot against Jesus in hand and subsequently take on the one who sent Him, even God. Although this interpretation seems stretched, it is legitimate, it makes sense and it fits in the context.
My reply to Albertha is that that person has taken that verse out of context. You can misapply that verse to almost anything you want to do and don't want to get godly counsel on it. If you go into scripture you find that in many arranged marriages time elapses between the negotiations and the done deal. In Genesis, Abraham sends a servant to find Rebekah for Isaac; that was a quick marriage and pretty much exceptional. If a marriage is to survive, it should stand the test of some waiting, praying, and interaction on a non-physical level.
In John 13:27, Jesus was sending Judas on his way to do what he had to do.
Isaiah 42:5 - 5 Thus saith God the LORD, ,....
42:6 - I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, ....
42:8 - " I [am] " the LORD: that [is] my name: and ....
42:13 - 13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: ....
43:3 - 3 For " I [am] " the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour:....
43:11 - 11 I, [even] " I, [am] " the LORD; and beside me [there is] no saviour.
43:12 - 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when [there was] no strange [god] among you: therefore ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, that " I [am] " God.
Isaiah 43:14 - Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; .... Isaiah 43:15 - " I [am] " the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
John 13:19 - 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that " I am " [he].
John 4:25 - The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
John 4:26 - 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee " am [he] ".
Isaiah 43:11 - 11 I, [even] " I, [am] " the LORD; and beside me [there is] no saviour.
Isaiah 43:19 - 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.
John 4:22 - Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
John 4:29 - Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
Isaiah 43:15,
" I am " the LORD, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King.
Exodus 3:14-15 - And Moses said unto God, Behold, [when] I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What [is] his name? what shall I say unto them?
14 And God said unto Moses, "I AM " THAT " I AM ": and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, " I AM " hath sent me unto you.
John 8:58 - Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, " I am ".
Isaiah 55:8-9
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD.
9 As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts.
2 Corinthians 3:14-16, 18
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which [vail] is done away in Christ.
15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.
The Old and New Testament BOTH speak the truth that THE LORD, GOD is alive.
There is ONLY ONE GOD. There is only ONE Saviour.
Isaiah 43:11 - 11 I, [even] " I, [am] " the LORD; and beside me [there is] no saviour.
In Christ Jesus, our LORD, our GOD, and Saviour, AMEN
2:9 he that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now 1:5 God is light and in him is no darkness at all 3:24 and he that keepeth his commandment God dwelleth in him and he in God 3:24 and this is his commandment that we should believe on the name of his son Jesus Christ AND love one another as he gave commandment 4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God dwelleth in him and he in God ......Jesus is the only beggoten Son of God but it also says that now are we the sons of god Jesus is also your brother the commandments of 3:23 as the Word of God he gives you the Fathers commandment to believe that he is his son As the son of God he gives you his commandment to love one another John 13:34 there is only one way to love your brother Jesus by keeping his commandments 3:23 John 14:21 He that hath my commandments and keepeth them he it is that loveth me and he that loveth me shall be loved of my father then it says he that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings his commandments the law of moses the things i know about the law the law is not of faith whatsoever is not of faith is sin without faith its immposible to please god the law is of works for by grace are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of god not of works now to him that worketh is the reward not recond of grace but of debt but to him that worketh not but believeth on him who justifieth the ungodly his faith is counted for righteousness the law is a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ but after we have come to Christ there is no more need for the law the schoolmaster the law strengthens sin to show sin working in us and to show our need for a savior the law is not of faith but of works whatsoever is not of faith is sin
Is there ever a time will have a couple to marry quickly? A friend of mine met and married a woman in 3o days and told me to read John 13:27 where Jesus tells Judas That thou doest, do quickly. What does this have to do with marriage?
In John 13:27, Jesus was sending Judas on his way to do what he had to do.
42:6 - I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, ....
42:8 - " I [am] " the LORD: that [is] my name: and ....
42:13 - 13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: ....
43:3 - 3 For " I [am] " the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour:....
43:11 - 11 I, [even] " I, [am] " the LORD; and beside me [there is] no saviour.
43:12 - 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when [there was] no strange [god] among you: therefore ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, that " I [am] " God.
Isaiah 43:14 - Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; ....
Isaiah 43:15 - " I [am] " the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
John 13:19 - 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that " I am " [he].
John 4:25 - The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
John 4:26 - 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee " am [he] ".
Isaiah 43:11 - 11 I, [even] " I, [am] " the LORD; and beside me [there is] no saviour.
Isaiah 43:19 - 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.
John 4:22 - Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
John 4:29 - Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
Isaiah 43:15,
" I am " the LORD, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King.
Exodus 3:14-15 - And Moses said unto God, Behold, [when] I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What [is] his name? what shall I say unto them?
14 And God said unto Moses, "I AM " THAT " I AM ": and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, " I AM " hath sent me unto you.
John 8:58 - Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, " I am ".
Isaiah 55:8-9
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD.
9 As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts.
2 Corinthians 3:14-16, 18
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which [vail] is done away in Christ.
15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.
The Old and New Testament BOTH speak the truth that THE LORD, GOD is alive.
There is ONLY ONE GOD. There is only ONE Saviour.
Isaiah 43:11 - 11 I, [even] " I, [am] " the LORD; and beside me [there is] no saviour.
In Christ Jesus, our LORD, our GOD, and Saviour, AMEN