The Gospel of 1st Corinthians
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
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.
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.
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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.
For we know in part and we prophesy in part.
But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
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.
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.
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Content source: the New King James Version 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
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8"Wisdom" here means perception of the inner nature of truth. We do not believe that everyone can understand the Bible. That is the reason why we all need teachers, and the Lord has given us teachers. Wisdom is, then, a perception of the nature of the truth of the Word of God.
This chapter of 1 Corinthians is my favorite, it talks about love and its importance. It is very deep and here we understand that love is everything, for love God gave his son, for love, for love, God loves us, and wants to have that same love for our neighbor.
I like this chapter very much, the broadest definition that has been expressed of what love is ... Here we see how broad and deep is love, it is not simply saying I have love, it is living it as expressed by the word, in all its expression ... A person capable of love according to what this chapter says, has a pure and genuine love ... and based on that we must work ... in making our love be like that this chapter shows us.