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Song of Songs

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Chapters (8)
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Introduction to Song of Songs:
Author: Solomon (1:1).Time of Writing: Around 1000 B.C.Place of Writing: Jerusalem.

Subject of Song of Songs:
The History of Love in an Excellent Marriage,
Revealing the Progressive Experience
of an Individual Believer's Loving Fellowship with Christ

Song of Songs

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Verses (17)
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S.S.|1:1|-|The |1a|Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.

I. |Drawn to pursue Christ for satisfaction — 1:2-2:7

A. |Attracted to run after Christ — 1:2-4a
S.S.|1:2|-|Let him |a|kiss me with the |1|kisses of his |b|mouth!For your |c|love is better than wine.S.S.|1:3|-|Your anointing oils have a pleasant |a|fragrance;Your name is like ointment poured forth;Therefore the |1b|virgins love you.
S.S.|1:4a|-||1a|Draw me; we will |b|run after you—
B. |Fellowshipping with Christ resulting in entering into the church life — 1:4b-8
S.S.|1:4b|-|The king has brought me into his |2c|chambers—We will be glad and |3|rejoice in you;We will |3|extol your love more than wine.Rightly do they love you.S.S.|1:5|-|I am |1|black but lovely, O |a|daughters of Jerusalem,Like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.S.S.|1:6|-|Do not look at me, because I am black,Because the sun has |1|scorched me.My mother’s sons were angry with me;They made me keeper of the vineyards,But my own vineyard I have not kept.
S.S.|1:7|-|Tell me, you whom my soul loves, |1|Where do you pasture your flock?Where do you make it lie down at |2|noon?For why should I be like one who is veiledBeside the flocks of your companions?S.S.|1:8|-|If you yourself do not know,You |a|fairest among women,|1|Go forth on the footsteps of the |b|flock,And pasture your young goatsBy the shepherds’ tents.
C. |Transformed by the remaking of the Spirit — 1:9-16a; 2:1-3a
S.S.|1:9|-|I compare you, |1|my |a|love,To a |2b|mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.S.S.|1:10|-|Your |1|cheeks are lovely with plaits of ornaments,Your |1a|neck with |2|strings of jewels.S.S.|1:11|-||1|We will make you |2|plaits of goldWith |2|studs of silver.S.S.|1:12|-|While the king was at his |1|table,My spikenard gave forth its fragrance.S.S.|1:13|-|My beloved is to me a |1|bundle of |a|myrrhThat lies at night between my breasts.S.S.|1:14|-|My beloved is to me a cluster of |a|henna flowersIn the vineyards of |1b|En-gedi.S.S.|1:15|-||a|Oh, you are beautiful, my love!Oh, you are beautiful! Your |1|eyes are like |b|doves.S.S.|1:16a|-|Oh, you are beautiful, my beloved; indeed, pleasant!
D. |Satisfied with the rest and enjoyment in Christ — 1:16b-17; 2:3b-7
S.S.|1:16b|-|Indeed, our |1|couch is green.
S.S.|1:17|-|The beams of our house are cedars;Our rafters are cypresses.

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