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In the Bible, devotion is love for God that keeps nothing back and serves no rival. Deuteronomy 6:5 commands it, and Jesus calls that command the first and greatest (Matthew 22:37-38). Joshua 24:15, Ruth 1:16-17 and Daniel 3:17-18 show people choosing it; Jeremiah 2:2 and 1 Kings 11:4 show it fading. The NIV uses “devotion” and “devoted” for three kinds of object. Believers are devoted to God or to Christ (1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Corinthians 11:3), to one another (Romans…