Without Love

Empty Love

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

γλῶσσα- Glossa "tongue" or "language"

Speak in Tongues is a phenomenon in which people speak in languages unknown to them. One definition used by linguists is the fluid vocalizing of speech-like syllables that lack any readily comprehended meaning, in some cases as part of religious practice in which it is believed to be a divine language unknown to the speaker.

Charity=Love

ἀγάπην Agape

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible In the Old Testament

is not an emotional response to beauty, merit, or kindness, but a moral attitude dedicated to another’s good, whether or not that other is lovable, worthy, or responsive

The Holy Bible: King James Version. (2009). (Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., ). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

If you speak with out Love to show the purpose it means nothing. It’s like making noise to make noise. there is no reasoning behind it.

Speak with conviction, with heart!

Illustration. There is a tale told of that great English actor Macready. An eminent preacher once said to him: "I wish you would explain to me something." "Well, what is it? I don't know that I can explain anything to a preacher." "What is the reason for the difference between you and me? You are appearing before crowds night after night with fiction, and the crowds come wherever you go. I am preaching the essential and unchangeable truth, and I am not getting any crowd at all." Macready's answer was this: "This is quite simple. I can tell you the difference between us. I present my fiction as though it were truth; you present your truth as though it were fiction." 

Knowing not Love

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible Chapter 13

The practical power of the will elevated by faith [NEANDER]; confidence in God that the miraculous result will surely follow the exercise of the will at the secret impulse of His Spirit. Without “love” prophecy, knowledge, and faith, are not what they seem

προφητείαν, prophēteia

Prophecy is a message that is claimed by a prophet to have been communicated to them by a god. Such messages typically involve inspiration, interpretation, or revelation of divine will concerning the prophet's social world and events to come

Mystery. Counsel, or secret plan, which God shares only with his people. In most biblical passages it relates to the wise counsel of God in his guidance of history to its destiny.

Mystery. Counsel, or secret plan, which God shares only with his people. In most biblical passages it relates to the wise counsel of God in his guidance of history to its destiny. The most specific and significant application of the concept of mystery is to the plan of God regarding the death of Christ. It does not refer to a secret that God is unwilling to tell or to something so obscure that it could not be understood even if told. The passages in which its theological meaning is most clearly seen (among over 30 occurrences in Scripture) areE

BE

μυστήριον (mystērion), mystery. Cognate words: καμμύω, μυέω, μυωπάζω. Aram. equiv. fr. LXX: רָז (8x) 28.77 (37) mystery ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; , , ; ; ; , ; ; ; ; , ; ; ; , ; IEph 19.1; IMag 9.1; ITr 2.3; Did 11.11; Diog 4.6; 7:1, 2; 8:10; 10:7; 11:2, 5 Forms of μυστήριον

LXGRCANLEX

3466. μυστήριον mustēriŏn, moos-tay´-ree-on; from a der. of μύω muō (to shut the mouth); a secret or “mystery” (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites):—mystery.

CDWGTHB

mysteries NASB95, KJV 1900, NKJV, ESV, NIV, NRSV, LEB, RSV, AV 1873

Text Comparison

τὰ ta

ὁ hothe

ο o the

DAPN article, accusative, plural, neuter

G3588 Greek Strong’s

LN 92.24 Louw-Nida

μυστήρια mystēria

μυστήριον mystērionmystery

μυω myō initiate; learn the secret

NAPN noun, accusative, plural, neuter

G3466 Greek Strong’s

LN 28.77 Louw-Nida

divine secret noun

Letter, Community 1 Corinthians

Body 1:10–15:58

Expositional Argument 13:1–13

Figure of Speech

Name: Correspondence

Figure of Speech

Description: Exaggeration

Name: Hyperbole

Knowledge : γνῶσιν,: “gnosin” is a familiarity, awareness, or understanding of someone or something, such as facts, information, descriptions, or skills, which is acquired through experience or education by perceiving, discovering, or learning.

Figure of Speech

Description: Transfer

Name: Synecdoché

Figure of Speech

Description: Proverb

Name: Paroemia

Figure of Speech

Description: Idiom

Name: Idioma

Figure of Speech

Description: Transition

Name: Metabasis

Semantic Feature

Category: Condition

Longacre Genre

Primary: Expository: What things are or were like

Prophesying Cultural Concept

Do you have the knowledge to speak the truth? if you have the power to do so but you love not, its empty

3rd Class Condition Grammatical Constructions

Protasis Grammatical Constructions

Love — Strong affection for another.

Angels, Anger, Death and Dying, Discipline, Envy, Eternity, Faith, Family: Children, Giving, God: Knowledge, Holy Spirit: Fruit, Holy Spirit: Gifts, Hope, Hypocrisy, Jealousy, Joy, Marriage, Mercy and Compassion, Miracles, Patience, Perseverance, Pride, Prophecy, Revelation, Revenge, Sacrifice, Tongues, Truth, Wisdom

d See ch. 12:8.

For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit;

e ch. 12:9.

to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

Compassion without love

f See .

And He *said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.

I Corinthians 13:3

g Comp. , .

King James Version Chapter 13

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

“So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

Faithlife Study Bible Chapter 13

The early Christians sold their property to meet the needs of those around them (Acts 2:45). Helping the poor was a focus of Paul’s ministry

h See .

Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all transgressions.

The early Christians sold their property to meet the needs of those around them. Helping the poor was a focus of Paul’s ministry

Faithlife Study Bible Chapter 13

Refers to execution or martyrdom by fire—offering his very self as a sacrifice for his cause.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible Chapter 13

literally, “to such a degree as that I should be burned.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible Chapter 13

give … body to be burned—literally, “to such a degree as that I should be burned.” As the three youths did

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible Chapter 13

Men will fight for Christianity, and die for Christianity, but not live in its spirit, which is love.

Are we do do things in Jesus name, but are we really doing them for ourselves not Jesus?