1 Corinthians 13.1-9
If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels,
but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have
prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have
all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I
give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast,
but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or
boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not
irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the
truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all
things.
This famous passage is at the
heart of Paul’s message to the feuding, fractious church in Corinth. It doesn’t
matter how clever they think they are or what amazing supernatural phenomena are
being displayed in worship. If they don’t love each other – in the small, nitty
gritty things of life - none of that amounts to a hill of beans! He knows what
it is to be loved and accepted, as he was by the Christians in Damascus. It transformed him, as it can transform them.
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Can you think of anyone whose love has transformed
you? Who could you show love to today?
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