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1 Corinthians 13
Introduction
The Bible's simplest description of God is..."God is love" (1 John 4:8b)
Paul seeks to set the issue of spiritual gifts in the proper context, everything is conditioned by love.
1A.
The Value of Love (13:1-3)
1B.
Eloquence without love is nothing (13:1)
Paul uses a hyperbole here.
His point is that being able to speak all sorts of languages with great fluency and eloquence means nothing without love.
2B.
Prophecy without love is nothing (13:2)
3B.
Knowledge without love is nothing (13:2)
Mystery signifies divine truth that God has hidden from men at some time.
Knowledge is all the knowable facts of the universe.
4B.
Faith without love is nothing (13:2)
This is not saving faith, but the faith of confidence and expectancy in the Lord.
Jonah is a good example of faith without love.
(MacArthur, 334)
5B.
Benevolence without love is nothing (13:3)
The term for *give* (/psomizo/) means to dole out in small quantities, and signifies a long term, systematic program of giving everything on possesses.
Yet without love that is worthless.
6B.
Martyrdom without love is nothing (13:3)
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The Virtue of Love (13:4-7)
1B.
Love is patient
*Suffers long*; /makrothumeoô/; to persevere, to be patient; used almost exclusively to refer to being patient with people and not circumstances.
Patience refuses to retaliate.
A lack of patience is a lack of love
2B.
Love is kind
*Kind*; /chreôsteuomai/; to be kind, useful, serving, and gracious.
Kindness is love in the little things, it is active goodwill.
God is the ultimate example.
Titus 3:4-6
3B.
Love is does not envy
*Envy*, /zeôlooô/; to be jealous
Envy says, “I want what someone else has,” or worse, “I wish they did not have what they have.”
When love sees someone who is popular or successful it is glad for them.
4B.
Love does not brag
*Parade itself about*, /perpereuomai/; from perperos (vainglorious); to boast
Love and pride do not dwell in the same heart.
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Love is not arrogant
*Puffed up*; /phusiooô/; from /phusa/ to puff or blow up
*1 Corinthians 4:7* For who makes you differ /from another?
/And what do you have that you did not receive?
Now if you did indeed receive /it, /why do you boast as if you had not received /it?/
Arrogance is big-headed, love is big-hearted.
6B.
Love does behave rudely
*Behave rudely*; /ascheômoneoô/; to act unbecomingly; to act rudely
7B.
Love does not seek its own.
*Seek*; /zeôteoô/; to seek something deliberating
Stop thinking about what you will get and start thinking about how you can show the love of the Lord
8B.
Love is not provoked
*Provoked*; /paroxunoô/; from /oxunoô/ (to sharpen); to sharpen, fig. to stimulate, to provoke, to arouse to anger.
We should only become anger when God is offended not when only we are.
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Love thinks no evil.
*Thinks no…*; /logizomai/; to reckon, to consider, to calculate or reckon.
*Romans 4:8* Blessed /is the /man to whom the LORD shall not impute sin."
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Love does not rejoice in iniquity
*Iniquity*; /adikia/; injustice, unrighteousness
*Isaiah 5:20* Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Rejoicing in sin is wrong because it is an affront to God and because of the consequences it has on the one who sins.
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Love rejoices in the truth
*Truth*; /aletheia/; truth; God’s reveled truth
Righteousness is predicated on God’s truth and cannot exist apart from it.
Doctrine does matter!
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Love bears all things
*Bears*; /stegoô/; a prim.
word; to cover closely (so as to keep water out), generally to bear up under
By all things Paul is referring to all things acceptable to God.
Love never protects sin but is eager to protect the sinner from harm.
It does not expose or exploit, gloat or condemn.
*Proverbs 10:12* Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.
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Love believes all things
*Believes*; /pisteuoô/; to believe, entrust
Love is not suspicious or cynical.
Love believes the best about a brother.
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Love hopes all things
*Hopes*; /elpizoô/; from /elpomai/ to expect, to hope (for)
“As long as God’s grace is operative human failure in never final.”
(MacArthur, 354.)
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