The King James Bible (early 1600s) translates khesed as “goodness.” The Wycliff Bible (late 1300s) translates khesed as “steadfast love.”Ī modern translation, the ESV, uses this same phrase.
The most famous use of khesed is in Exodus 34:6, where God calls himself “ compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, abounding in khesed and faithfulness.” Take a look at the different translations of khesed in this verse. And you can see this by how many different translations have been done for this important Hebrew word. Can you think of an English word that captures that meaning? Bible translators have been trying to figure it out for generations. It’s also a loyal commitment to be generous to that person for the long run. Khesed is a type of affection you have for someone, but it’s more than affection. There is no good English translation for the word khesed, as we don’t have a word in English that encompasses all of the nuanced meaning of the Hebrew word. That is why we spell it as “ khesed.” The “ kh” is to remind you to do that little back of the throat tickle. You may have seen this word before spelled as “ chesed.” The problem with this spelling for English speakers is that we will likely pronounce the “ch” like the beginning of the word “cheese.” But in Hebrew, the sound is in the back of your throat like you are lightly coughing. And God gave us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.Let’s take a closer look at the word khesed. So he cannot love God, whom he has never seen. He can see his brother, but he hates him. If someone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. So love is not made perfect in the person who has fear. It is punishment that makes a person fear. Where God’s love is, there is no fear, because God’s perfect love takes away fear. We will be without fear, because in this world we are like him. If God’s love is made perfect in us, then we can be without fear on the day God judges us. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God lives in him. And so we know the love that God has for us, and we trust that love.
If someone says, “I believe that Jesus is the Son of God,” then God lives in him. We have seen that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. We know this because God gave us his Spirit. We know that we live in God and God lives in us. If we love each other, God’s love has reached its goal. But if we love each other, God lives in us. That is how much God loved us, dear friends! So we also must love each other. God sent his Son to die in our place to take away our sins. True love is God’s love for us, not our love for God.
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