1 Corinthians 13:1
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become a noisy gong, or a clanging cymbal.
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Romans 14:15But if your brother is hurt because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.
1 Corinthians 12:8For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
1 Corinthians 12:29Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
1 Corinthians 13:8Love never fails: but where there are prophecies, they shall pass away; where there are tongues, they shall cease; where there is knowledge, it shall vanish away.
2 Corinthians 12:4Was caught up into paradise, and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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 →