The Greatest Gift: Love

 

 

1 Corinthians 13

The Greatest Gift

 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 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, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned,[a] but have not love, it profits me nothing.

4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.

13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

 

1 Corinthians 13:4 (New International Version)

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

 

 

 

 

 

2 responses to “The Greatest Gift: Love”

  1. You make valid points all of them. I think that we want to be heard as much as we don’t want to leave comments in the wrong circumstances. It’s a human response to a human problem — as contadictory as we all are.

  2. admin says:

    Hi Chuck, I am just figuring this out. Thanks for the comment. Hope I approved it correctly.
    I agree. I am always wanting to leave comments and blog on things and then I second guess myself and don’t do it. I appreciate you doing it. There’s always more to share isn’t there? Happy to hear all opinions. We all have important perspectives because our backgrounds and training differs and that is our gift to each other.
    Create only good things for yourself and the planet, Adele

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