Loyalty & Love in the Old Testament
This daughter-in-law refused to leave her mother-in-law Naomi and returned to Bethlehem with her.
Who is Ruth?
This couple hosted a church in their home and worked alongside Paul.
Who are Priscilla and Aquila?
This Greek word refers to brotherly love.
What is phileo?
Valentine’s Day shares its date with the feast day of this Christian martyr.
Who is St. Valentine?
Jesus says the greatest love is shown by someone who does this for friends.
What is lay down his life?
This friendship is sealed when one man gives the other his robe, armor, and sword.
Who are Jonathan and David?
Paul calls this runaway slave “my own heart.”
Who is Onesimus?
This Greek word describes family affection.
What is storge?
Ancient Romans associated mid-February with this fertility festival.
What is Lupercalia?
This book says Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her.
What is Ephesians?
Jacob showed special love to this son by giving him a richly ornamented coat.
Who is Joseph?
Paul’s shortest letter appeals for reconciliation between a master and a slave.
What is Philemon?
This Hebrew word often refers to covenant loyalty or steadfast love.
What is hesed?
The first written valentine is often credited to a duke imprisoned in the Tower of London.
Who is Charles, Duke of Orléans?
Abraham was willing to offer this son whom he loved.
Who is Isaac?
This woman saved her husband Nabal from disaster by intervening wisely.
Who is Abigail?
Barnabas showed grace by advocating for Paul when others feared him. Barnabas’s name means this.
What is “son of encouragement”?
This Greek word refers to self-giving, sacrificial love.
What is agape?
Victorian valentines were often decorated with this delicate paper craft.
What is lace paper?
This verse says God demonstrated His love while we were still sinners.
What is Romans 5:8?
This Old Testament prophet speaks of God saying, “I have loved you,” yet Israel questions it.
What is Malachi?
Paul warns that _______ without love makes a person nothing.
What is knowledge?
In John 21, Jesus and Peter famously alternate between agape and this word.
What is phileo?
Hallmark began producing valentines in this century.
What is the 20th century?
This apostle writes, “Let us not love in word or talk but in deed and truth.”
Who is John the Apostle?