So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Brothers and Sisters: 1  But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.  1  If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  2  And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.  3  If I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.  4  Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful;  5  it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;  6  it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.  The Holy Bible : Revised Standard Version Second Catholic edition (2006), with the ecclesiastical approval of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Thomas Nelson Publishing for Ignatius Press.

Brothers and Sisters:

1  But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.

 1  If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 

2  And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove

mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 

3  If I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

 4  Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful;

 5  it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 

6  it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. 

7  Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.  8  Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.  9  For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophecy is imperfect;  10  but when the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away.  11  When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways.  12  For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood.  13  So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

7  Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

 8  Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

 9  For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophecy is imperfect; 

10  but when the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away. 

11  When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways.

 12  For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood. 

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

God’s Love Can fill you with a love worth giving to others.

1 Cor. 13: 4-7 God 4 Love is patient and kind; Love is not jealous or boastful; 5 it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in right. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

4 Love is patient and kind; Love is not jealous or boastful;

5 it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;

6 it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in right.

7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Substitution Let’s re-read the passage but remove the word Love and insert your own name.

Let’s re-read the passage but remove the word Love and insert your own name.

1 Cor. 13: 4-7 God 4 Dan is patient and kind; Dan is not jealous or boastful; 5 Dan is not arrogant or rude. Dan does not insist on his own way; Dan is not irritable or resentful; 6 Dan does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. 7 Dan bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

4 Dan is patient and kind; Dan is not jealous or boastful;

5 Dan is not arrogant or rude. Dan does not insist on his own way; Dan is not irritable or resentful;

6 Dan does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.

7 Dan bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Wish Boy, do I wish those statements were true but unfortunately they aren’t. How did you do? Now instead of using our own name, let’s substitute “God” for the word “Love.”

Boy, do I wish those statements were true but unfortunately they aren’t.

How did you do?

Now instead of using our own name, let’s substitute “God” for the word “Love.”

1 Cor. 13: 4-7 God 4 God is patient and kind; God is not jealous or boastful; 5 God is not arrogant or rude. God does not insist on his own way; God is not irritable or resentful; 6 God does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. 7 God bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

4 God is patient and kind; God is not jealous or boastful;

5 God is not arrogant or rude. God does not insist on his own way; God is not irritable or resentful;

6 God does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.

7 God bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

God’s Love Perfect love, a love like God has for each of us, is the kind of love that we should strive to develop in ourselves and then pass on to others. Sure we might not measure up all of the time but that should not prevent us from trying, should it?

Perfect love, a love like God has for each of us, is the kind of love that we should strive to develop in ourselves and then pass on to others.

Sure we might not measure up all of the time but that should not prevent us from trying, should it?

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