The Greatest of These is Love
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
13 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a
resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 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. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to
hardship that I may boast, [b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It
does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no
record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always
protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 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. 9 For we know
in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part
disappears. 11 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. 12 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.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
I’m reminded this week in our newsletter article that the scriptures are more than
enough to stand alone from opinions or thoughts. Please take a few minutes to read
through one of my favorite passages a few times as you prepare your hearts for worship
this Sunday. Allow God to speak to you in your contemplation of the Word and
encourage you in your faith. Thank you for all you do as a church and let us be a people
of faith hope and love, remembering the greatest of these is love.
Keep The Faith,
Pastor Tommy
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