Love the Foundation
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1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
2 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, but have not love, I am nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
2 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, but have not love, I am nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
Prophecy
Prophecy
22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’
Faith that Moves Mountains
Faith that Moves Mountains
20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
21 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done.
23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
6 So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
Good Deeds
Good Deeds
1 “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
2 Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
Have you ever for about why Paul took an entire chapter of the Bible to discuss the supremacy of love? In the early church, leaders model glove to their churches. In turn, the church modeled it to the rest of the world. They lived by the watchwords in first Corinthians 13: 4-7 love was the foundation and motive for their actions. They were first love – slaves and served the people. While leaders indeed possess great gifts, their gifts took second place to serve others out of love. Consider how the early church leaders and members lived out this passage.
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Suffers Long
Suffers Long
12 Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.
9 He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates friends.
14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.
8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”
Kind Love
Kind Love
32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Does Not Envy
Does Not Envy
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
Pulled Up-Arrogant
does not behave rudely, does not seek its own
does not behave rudely, does not seek its own
24 Let no one seek his own, but each one the other’s well-being.
4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
is not provoked, thinks no evil
is not provoked, thinks no evil
keeps no accounts of evil
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
24 And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part.
2 And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.
12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.
12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;
Face to Face
Face to Face
30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
8 I speak with him face to face, Even plainly, and not in dark sayings; And he sees the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant Moses?”
10 “Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.
2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
Greatest of these is LOVE
Greatest of these is LOVE
13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
16 By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17 But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
The apostle John revealed in God's love for him personally in his own gospel John gleefully referred to himself as the disciple whom Jesus loved. John knew that Jesus love for the father motivated him to do and say everything he did for his disciples and for those around him. John personalize that love. He knew that Jesus the son of God loved him and he recognized it was his calling as a leader chosen by God to pass that love to others.