Uyini uStorge eBhayibhelini

I-Storge (ebizwa nge-stor-JAY) igama lesiGreki elisetshenziswe ebuKristwini ukukhombisa uthando lomndeni, isibopho phakathi komama, obaba, amadodana, amadodakazi, odadewabo nabafowabo.

I-The Empowered Potential Lexicon ichaza umqhele ngokuthi “ukuthanda omunye umuntu, ikakhulukazi abazali noma izingane; ukuthanda bobabili abazali nezingane, amakhosikazi nabayeni; uthando lothando; othambekele othandweni; thanda ngesisa; ikakhulukazi ngesisa sobabili sabazali nezingane ”.

Storge Uthando eBhayibhelini
EsiNgisini igama elithi uthando linezincazelo eziningi, kepha amaGrikhi asendulo ayenamagama amane achaza ngokunembile izinhlobo ezahlukene zothando: i-eros, i-philae, i-agape, ne-storge Njengase-eros, igama eliqondile lesiGreki elithi storge alikho eBhayibhelini. Noma kunjalo, isimo esiphikisayo sisetshenziswe kabili eTestamenteni Elisha. I-Astorgos isho ukuthi "ngaphandle kothando, ngaphandle kothando, ukungathandi izihlobo, ngaphandle kwenhliziyo, ukungazweli", futhi kutholakala encwadini yabaseRoma naku-2 Timothy.

KwabaseRoma 1:31, abantu abangenabulungisa bachazwa ngokuthi "bayiziwula, abangenalukholo, abangenanhliziyo, abangenasihe" (ESV). Igama lesiGreki elihunyushwe ngokuthi "elingenanhliziyo" lithi astorgos. Futhi ku-2 Thimothewu 3: 3, isizukulwane esingalaleli esiphila ezinsukwini zokugcina sibhalwe ukuthi "asinazinhliziyo, asinakumukeleka, siyanyundela, asinakho ukuzithiba, sinonya, asithandi okuhle" (ESV). Futhi, "okungenanhliziyo" kuhunyushwa ngokuthi i-astorgos. Ngakho-ke, ukuntuleka kwe-storge, uthando lwemvelo phakathi kwamalungu omndeni, kuyisibonakaliso sezikhathi zokugcina.

Uhlobo oluyindilinga lwesibaxa lutholakala kwabaseRoma 12:10: “Thandanani ngothando lobuzalwane. Phumani omunye komunye ekuboniseni udumo ”. (ESV) Kuleli vesi, igama lesiGreki elihunyushwe ngokuthi "uthando" lithi philostorgos, elihlanganisa ifilosofi nokuqina. Kusho ukuthi "ukuthanda kakhulu, ukuzinikela, ukuthanda kakhulu, ukuthanda ngandlela thile ubudlelwano phakathi kwendoda nonkosikazi, umama nengane, ubaba nengane, njll."

Izibonelo zikaStorge emiBhalweni
Izibonelo eziningi zothando lomndeni ziyatholakala emibhalweni, njengokuthandana nokuvikelana phakathi kukaNowa nomkakhe, izingane zabo nomamezala kuGenesise; uthando lukaJakobe ngabantwana bakhe; nothando oluqinile odadewabo uMartha noMariya abasemaVangelini ababenalo ngomfowabo uLazaru.

Umndeni wawuyingxenye ebalulekile yesiko lasendulo lamaJuda. Emiyalweni Eyishumi, uNkulunkulu uyala abantu bakhe ukuthi:

Hlonipha uyihlo nonyoko, ukuze izinsuku zakho zibe zinde ezweni uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona. (Eksodusi 20:12, NIV)
Lapho siba ngabalandeli bakaJesu Kristu, singena emndenini kaNkulunkulu.Izimpilo zethu ziboshelwe ndawonye ngento enamandla ukwedlula izibopho zenyama: izibopho zikaMoya. Sixhunywe ngento enamandla ngaphezu kwegazi lomuntu: igazi likaJesu Kristu. UNkulunkulu ubiza umndeni wakhe ukuthi uthandane ngothando olujulile lokugcina uthando.