"Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a...
"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." (1 Cor 13:1) Throughout your life you will have many people tell you that they love you. Some will mean it, and others, unfortunately, will mean...
"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.” (1 Cor. 13:2) “Many people today think of a prophet as any person who sees the future. While the gift of...
"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." (1 Cor. 13: 3) Jesus said of hypocrites that they loved to stand on the street corner praying to receive the recognition of the people. And...
"Love is patient" (1 Cor. 13:4) I don’t like to wait. I don’t like to wait in line. I don’t like to wait because someone is thoughtlessly blocking the whole aisle with his cart. I don’t like people cutting in front of me in traffic or driving all the way to the very...
A popular Christian group, Casting Crowns, has at the end of one of their songs a child singing a kids church song that goes like this, "be careful little eyes what you see, oh be careful little eyes what you see, for the Father up above is looking down in love so be...
"Love is kind." (1 Cor. 13:4) You probably have heard the expression “to kill someone with kindness” which, in reality, is to show how “good” you are and how “bad” he or she is. If we can kill with kindness, surely we can seek to save with it as well. Unfortunately...
"It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." (1 Cor. 13:4) We live in a “me first” society, and the world teaches that you have to “look out for number one” and make sure you get what you want, no matter whom you have to step on to get it. It is a day,...
"It does not dishonour others . . . " (1 Cor. 13:5) Dictionary.com defines dishonour as "to deprive of honor; disgrace; bring reproach or shame on" when used in the verb form. We will do a lot to protect our reputations, won’t we? But to what lengths will we honestly...
"It is not self-seeking . . ." (1 Cor. 13:5) Within this subject of love on which Paul is instructing us, we keep returning to the theme of esteeming others as higher and better than ourselves: "Now he [Jesus] told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed...