1 Corinthians 13:1-13 The Way of Love 1 If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but dont love, Im nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. 2 If I speak Gods Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, Jump, and it jumps, but I dont love, Im nothing. 3-7 If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I dont love, Ive gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, Im bankrupt without love. Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesnt want what it doesnt have. Love doesnt strut, Doesnt have a swelled head, Doesnt force itself on others, Isnt always me first, Doesnt fly off the handle, Doesnt keep score of the sins of others, Doesnt revel when others grovel, Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to the end. 8-10 Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled. 11 When I was an infant at my mothers breast, I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good. 12 We dont yet see things clearly. Were squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it wont be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! Well see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us! 13 But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 09:08:50 +0000
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