1 Corinthians 13:1
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
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Romans 14:15For if on account of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer according to love. Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ has died.
1 Corinthians 12:8For to one, by the Spirit, is given [the] word of wisdom; and to another [the] word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;
1 Corinthians 12:29[Are] all apostles? [are] all prophets? [are] all teachers? [are] all [in possession of] miraculous powers?
1 Corinthians 13:8Love never fails; but whether prophecies, they shall be done away; or tongues, they shall cease; or knowledge, it shall be done away.
2 Corinthians 12:4that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable things said which it is not allowed to man to utter.
Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 13:1
In this chapter the apostle goes on to show more particularly what that more excellent way was of which he had just before been speaking. He recommends it, I. By showing the necessity and importance of it, ver. 1-3 . II. By giving a description of its properties and fruits, ver. 4-7 . III. By showing how much it excels the best of gifts and other graces, by its continuance, when they shall be no longer in being, or of any use, ver. 8, to the end . Read the whole commentary →