Sunday, September 4, 2022

Three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 12:31 -13:13

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.

And now these three remain faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love. Yet there are things more important still. Three qualities of life- faith, hope, and love - will outlive all the gifts. And these are for everyone. Without them no one is anything. And Christian love outshines all. This is the best way of all: this is what Christians should really set their hearts on. Paul bursts into a great hymn on them. one of the most glorious passages in the whole Bible. 

Why?

All of the gift of Spirit with love there is nothing worthy. 

Only love never fails, although love, faith, and hope both are important in our life. Most important is Love.

How?

Based on Love and wisdom is the core value of every Christian.





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