1 Corinthians 13:1
THOUGH I SPEAK WITH THE TONGUES OF MEN AND OF ANGELS AND HAVE NOT CHARITY, I AM BECOME AS SOUNDING BRASS OR A TINKLING CYMBAL.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOUGH I SPEAK WITH THE TONGUES OF MEN AND OF ANGELS AND HAVE NOT CHARITY, I AM BECOME AS SOUNDING BRASS OR A TINKLING CYMBAL.... [ Continue Reading ]
A PSALM OF LOVE. The high worth of love:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOUGH I HAVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY, AND UNDERSTAND ALL MYSTERIES AND ALL KNOWLEDGE, AND THOUGH I HAVE ALL FAITH, SO THAT I COULD REMOVE MOUNTAINS, AND HAVE NOT CHARITY, I AM NOTHING.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOUGH I BESTOW ALL MY GOODS TO FEED THE POOR, AND THOUGH I GIVE MY BODY TO BE BURNED, AND HAVE NOT CHARITY, IT PROFITETH ME NOTHING. Paul had written, by way of introduction to this magnificent paean in praise of perfect Christian love, that he would show his readers the supremely excellent way... [ Continue Reading ]
CHARITY SUFFERETH LONG AND IS KIND; CHARITY ENVIES NOT; CHARITY VAUNTS NOT ITSELF, IS NOT PUFFED UP,... [ Continue Reading ]
A description of true love:... [ Continue Reading ]
DOTH NOT BEHAVE ITSELF UNSEEMLY, SEEKETH NOT HER OWN, IS NOT EASILY PROVOKED, THINKETH NO EVIL;... [ Continue Reading ]
REJOICETH NOT IN INIQUITY, BUT REJOICETH IN THE TRUTH;... [ Continue Reading ]
BEARETH ALL THINGS, BELIEVETH ALL THING'S, HOPES ALL THINGS, ENDURETH ALL THINGS. The apostle here pictures brotherly love, in personifying it, from both the negative and the positive side; he gives no abstract definition, but describes love in its substance, conduct, and actions. In the midst of th... [ Continue Reading ]
CHARITY NEVER FAILETH; BUT WHETHER THERE BE PROPHECIES, THEY SHALL FAIL; WHETHER THERE BE TONGUES, THEY SHALL CEASE; WHETHER THERE BE KNOWLEDGE, IT SHALL VANISH AWAY.... [ Continue Reading ]
The eternal duration of love:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WE KNOW IN PART, AND WE PROPHESY IN PART.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WHEN THAT WHICH IS PERFECT IS COME, THEN THAT WHICH IS IN PART SHALL BE DONE AWAY... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I SPAKE AS A CHILD, I UNDERSTOOD AS A CHILD, I THOUGHT AS A CHILD; BUT WHEN I BECAME A MAN, I PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR NOW WE SEE THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY; BUT THEN FACE TO FACE; NOW I KNOW IN PART, BUT THEN SHALL I KNOW EVEN AS ALSO I AM KNOWN.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND NOW ABIDETH FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY, THESE THREE; BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS CHARITY. The first sentence is the topic of the last section of this chapter: Love never fails, it outwears all gifts, it never drops out of existence; like the eternal God, to whom it owes its being, it lasts forever. T... [ Continue Reading ]