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1 Corinthians 13:3-13
If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perserveres.
Love never fails...I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection, as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
I would have thought I'd be the last person to quote the Bible. But I'm required to read it for core class, and when I was reading Corinthians, this passage struck me. Some people use the word love so freely, and some of the people I'm remembering telling me they love me know absolutely nothing about love. Patience, kindness, truth, honesty, keeping no record of wrongs or tallies of what is owed...that's love. You don't know anything about any of that...
If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perserveres.
Love never fails...I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection, as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
I would have thought I'd be the last person to quote the Bible. But I'm required to read it for core class, and when I was reading Corinthians, this passage struck me. Some people use the word love so freely, and some of the people I'm remembering telling me they love me know absolutely nothing about love. Patience, kindness, truth, honesty, keeping no record of wrongs or tallies of what is owed...that's love. You don't know anything about any of that...