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CHAPTER 13 (ESV)
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
REFLECTION:
- True spirituality has nothing to do with one’s gifts, training, or performing skills. The truly spiritual person is the individual whose attitude and actions express love.
- Copy verses 4-7 on an index card, memorize it, or bring it out to review often. Examine my own attitude and actions often to see if there is any love expressed.
PRAYER:
Be still before God, offering all my worship, gratitude, and praise to Him, thanking Him for allowing me to experience such wonderful love. May God shape my life, so that I increasingly reflect the holy character and glorious image of my Lord Jesus. May God engrave the essence of this love on the tablet of my heart, keeping me on His path throughout my life.
HYMN:
Lover Never Fails – youtu.be/e5JiAkUJFqc
