If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
I Corinthians 13 (NIV)
When someone writes likes like Paul did in I Corinthians he is truly inspired by the hand of God. This is the one of those Biblical chapters that must be mandatory reading for any couple married or considering marriage. They must devote themselves fully to this. They must serve one another through this passage. They must become one in love.
This is one of the most beautiful Biblical passages by a person other than our Lord Jesus himself. Surely, It was a letter transcribed by Paul as Jesus sat beside him dictating. You hear and see our Lord in every word, in every phrase.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
I Corinthians 13 (NIV)
When someone writes likes like Paul did in I Corinthians he is truly inspired by the hand of God. This is the one of those Biblical chapters that must be mandatory reading for any couple married or considering marriage. They must devote themselves fully to this. They must serve one another through this passage. They must become one in love.
This is one of the most beautiful Biblical passages by a person other than our Lord Jesus himself. Surely, It was a letter transcribed by Paul as Jesus sat beside him dictating. You hear and see our Lord in every word, in every phrase.
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