Analysis of Godly Love
We dwell in Him and He in us,
He has given us His Spirit;
We saw and testified as thus,
About what we will inherit.
The Father has sent us His Son,
To be the Savior of this place;
Erasing of what we have done,
Providing His mercy and grace.
Whoever confesses that Christ,
Jesus is the real Son of God;
The reason He was sacrificed,
On your knees to honor and laud.
We have come to know and believe,
What God has for us is His love;
By abiding in Him we receive,
Salvation from Him up above.
By this is the love perfected,
So that we may have confidence;
And that we are not rejected,
On Judgment Day for acceptance.
Because there is no fear in love,
Since perfect love will cast out fear;
Because fear has torment thereof,
And obedience to revere.
Whoever fears does not have love,
For we love since He first loved us;
Since His love flows down from above,
Since His judgment is fair and just.
Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG XHXH GIGI GAGX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 11101110 1101011 01111010 01011111 11010111 01011111 01011001 01001011 10101111 0101110 11111001 11111001 11111111 101001101 01011101 11101010 11111100 01111010 11011010 01111101 10111111 011111 00100101 01011111 11111111 11111101 11101101 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 941 |
Words | 214 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
Knowing God through Love 1 John 4:13–19
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