1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13
The greater gifts is the Loves, it is the most excellent way. If I have all gifts Paul has mentioned but have not love, I am nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud, It is not rude, 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.
We see but a poor 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. All the knowledge and prophesy are in part, it will pass away.
These three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Why?
These three are for everyone. Without them no one is anything. This is the best way of all; this is what Christians should really set their hearts on.
Paul bursts into a great hymn on the theme, one of the most glorious passages in the whole Bible. And as he paints his picture of what love is, he consciously or unconsciously of this outgoing, long-suffering, self-giving, self-effacing love. Without it- without him- there would be not church.
Love is the core value of Christians.
How?
I checked the meaning of love, I need to improve my "not rude" and "not self-seeking", I always think others as my mind, it is self-seeking. My behavior sometimes are rude to others. I should always protect my wife and my family.
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