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The word "'''worship'''" comes from the [[Old English]] ''weorthscipe'', which means the condition of being worthy of honor, respect, or dignity.<ref>[https://www.etymonline.com/word/worship '''worship, n.''' - Etymology Online (etymonline.com)]</ref> To worship in this older, larger sense is to ascribe honor, worth, or excellence to someone or something.<ref>See [[Deification]].</ref>  

The word "'''worship'''" comes from the [[Old English]] ''weorthscipe'', which means the condition of being worthy of honor, respect, or dignity.<ref>[https://www.etymonline.com/word/worship '''worship, n.''' - Etymology Online (etymonline.com)]</ref> To worship in this older, larger sense is to ascribe honor, worth, or excellence to someone or something.<ref>See [[Deification]].</ref>  

 

'''[[Love]]''' is worship. To love is to worship, and whatever is loved most is worshiped above all else, and is that focus in one's life for which one will [[sacrifice]] all other considerations. This includes willingness to sacrifice [[religion]], [[philosophy]], [[ethics]], [[idea]]ls, [[principle]]s, even one's own sworn [[oath]] of [[Loyalty|loyalty (allegiance)]], [[duty]], to [[government]], [[nation]], [[Ethnic Group|people]], [[family]], [[Friendship|friends]], even one's own personal security or safety, for what one loves most.<ref>Those who are most helpless and innocent need the most protective and nurturing love, and can be loved for their own sake, or for love of God. See [[Hostage]]. Some individuals are willing to sacrifice everything they love most to set a hostage free. Compare [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/john/15-13.htm '''John 15:13'''], also  '''[[Corporal and spiritual works of mercy]]'''.</ref> Nothing is more important than what or who one loves, including one's own self.<ref>A consuming [[vice]] or [[virtue]] is the focus all one's attention and energies. A person can be completely consumed with love of God and neighbor, or consumed with a love of evil and wickedness. A [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cause "'''cause'''"] can animate a person's focus of dedicated devotion as a means to achieve a greater end. A whole life can be dedicated to purity and goodness or to [[Hate|hatred]] and [[corruption]], as in dedication to political power and [[greed]] or to a militant cause to destroy whatever and whoever one hates more than anything else, a perverse love of hating and destruction, a worship of violence rooted in [[Pathology|pathological]] [[malice]] and [[enmity]]. For example, [[hate crime]]s and [[terrorism]]. See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_peter/5-8.htm '''1 Peter 5:8'''.]</ref>

'''[[Love]]''' is worship. To love is to worship, and whatever is loved most is worshiped above all else, and is that focus in one's life for which one will [[sacrifice]] all other considerations. This includes willingness to sacrifice [[religion]], [[philosophy]], [[ethics]], [[idea]]ls, [[principle]]s, even one's own sworn [[oath]] of [[Loyalty|loyalty (allegiance)]], [[duty]], to [[government]], [[nation]], [[Ethnic Group|people]], [[family]], [[Friendship|friends]], even one's own personal security or safety, for what one loves most.<ref>Those who are most helpless and innocent need the most protective and nurturing love, and can be loved for their own sake, or for love of God. See [[Hostage]]. Some individuals are willing to sacrifice everything they love most to set a hostage free. Compare [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/john/15-13.htm '''John 15:13'''], also  '''[[Corporal and spiritual works of mercy]]'''.</ref> Nothing is more important than what or who one loves, including one's own self.<ref>A consuming [[vice]] or [[virtue]] is the focus all one's attention and energies. A person can be completely consumed with love of God and neighbor, or consumed with a love of evil and wickedness. A [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cause "'''cause'''"] can animate a person's focus of dedicated devotion as a means to achieve a greater end. A whole life can be dedicated to purity and goodness or to [[Hate|hatred]] and [[corruption]], as in dedication to political power and [[greed]] or to a militant cause to destroy whatever and whoever one hates more than anything else, a perverse love of hating and destruction, a worship of violence rooted in [[Pathology|pathological]] [[malice]] and [[enmity]]. For example, [[hate crime]]s and [[terrorism]]. See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_peter/5-8.htm '''1 Peter 5:8'''.]</ref>