Let Me Show You A Better Way1 Cor. 13
Look back to 1 Cor. 12
“Now concerning spiritual gifts…”1“Various gifts…but, one Spirit, one Lord, one God who empowers them all in everyone.”5-6“Given for the common good…”7“Many members…one body”12-30
Look back to 1 Cor. 12
“Earnestly desire the higher gifts, but I will show you a more excellent way.”31
L-O-V-E 1 Cor. 13:1-2
All theTonguesProphetic powersUnderstanding all mysteriesUnderstanding all knowledgeFaithWithout love is nothing
L-O-V-E 1 Cor. 13:3
If I…Give away all I ownDeliver my body to be burnedWithout love is nothing
Because L-O-V-E is… 1 Cor. 13:4-7
PatientKindDoes not envy or boastIs not arrogant or rudeDoes not insist on its own wayIs not irritable or resentful
Because L-O-V-E is… 1 Cor. 13:4-7
Does not rejoice at wrongdoingRejoices with truthBears, believes, hopes, and endures all thingsWhy is love greater than all?Love never ends
L-O-V-E never ends… 1 Cor. 13:8
Prophecies? They will pass awayTongues? They will ceaseKnowledge? It will pass away
L-O-V-E never ends… 1 Cor. 13:9-10
Gift of knowledge…only know partGift of prophesy…only see partBut when perfection comes....“the partial will pass away.”
L-O-V-E never ends… 1 Cor. 13:11
When I was a child…Spoke, thought, reasoned like a childAs an adult…I gave up childish ways
L-O-V-E never ends… 1 Cor. 13:12
Currently, we see in a mirror dimly…Currently, I know in partBut, then (later), I shall know fully
L-O-V-E never ends… 1 Cor. 13:13
So what exists now?Faith, hope, and loveWhich is the greatest?Love
L-O-V-E 1 Cor. 13
Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?“You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.”“And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”Matt 22:36-39
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