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Definition of Self-giving
1. Adjective. Willing to deprive yourself.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-giving
Literary usage of Self-giving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Creed and the Creeds: Their Function in Religion by John Huntley Skrine (1911)
"... of this creed 'I believe in the Resurrection of the Dead' is an act of
self-giving which is met by a self- giving of God, so that life happens to us, ..."
2. The Times and Young Men by Josiah Strong (1901)
"self-giving or Sacrifice / THERE has been a great deal of sacrifice in the world
which was not giving but taking—the sacrifice of the weak to the strong. ..."
3. Environmental Theology by Richard Cartwright Austin (1990)
"in common with self-giving agape (another Greek word for love) than most Christian
thinkers have acknowledged, for self-giving love depends upon a healthy ..."
4. Prayers for Today: With a Series of Meditations from Modern Writers by Samuel McComb (1918)
"FOR THE BLESSEDNESS OF SELF- GIVING EVERLASTING FATHER, I beseech Thee to -Lrf
enable me to love Thee with all my heart and soul and strength and mind, ..."
5. The Laws of Friendship, Human and Divine by Henry Churchill King (1909)
"Once more, at the basis of every worthy friendship there must be mutual self-giving.
It is the one law for every relation, human or divine. ..."
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