Head Coverings. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 13 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. 8-13) of love; note too the profile of love (vv. 13:5 "act unbecomingly" This is not an easy term to define. (O) 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. But where there are prophecies,(Q) they will cease; where there are tongues,(R) they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 1 Corinthians 13:1-13—Read the Bible online or download free. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient, love is kind. Tongues are good, prophecy and knowledge and faith are good, sacrifice is good. 7 (M)Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, (N)endures all things. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 1 Corinthians 10:13 New International Version (NIV) 13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Sosthenes in Ephesus. 13 If I speak in the tongues[ a] ( A) of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. KJV (Narrated) NKJV (Narrated) NKJV (Dramatized) NLT (Dramatized) NIV (Narrated) NIV (Dramatized) NASB (Narrated) RVR60 (Español) The Excellence of Love. 4-7) which they give. Verse 13 says, “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. 8 Love never ends. Resource . 1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it. The supremacy of love. 13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. New International Version. 7:22]; See Acts 2:18, [Prov. In the original Greek, the word ἀγάπη agape is used throughout the "Ο ύμνος της αγάπης". In one of the most wonderfully lyrical verses of scripture The Song of Solomon (SS 8:7) sings, "Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it." 4 Love is patient,(I) love is kind. 3 But I want you to understand that d the head of every man is Christ, e the head of a wife 1 is her husband, 2 and f the head of Christ is God. Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Well, having just gone through the process of getting married, I thought I'd pull out an idea that I've had for ages, and adapt it to a marriage context. Print. 13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. The Nature Of Christian Love (1 Corinthians 13:4-7) In 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Paul lists fifteen characteristics of Christian love. 13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13 13 1 If I speak in the tongues # 13:1 Or languages of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. Paragraph. 1. 1 Corinthians 10:13, NASB: "No temptation has overtaken you except something common to mankind; and God is faithful, so He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it." But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. Lawsuits Against Believers. 2 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. 1 Corinthians 13:1 I.e. 2 Now I commend you a because you remember me in everything and b maintain the traditions c even as I delivered them to you. And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? 1 Corinthians 13 – Agape Love. 1 Corinthians 8. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. Here its connotation is negative. Many people view 1 Corinthians 13, the chapter of love, as the most beautiful and perhaps the most important chapter of Scripture. 12 For (Q)now we see in a mirror dimly, but (R)then face to face. Default. The Apostle Paul spent 18 months there on his Second Missionary Journey and established a church there. If you tear it apart too much, you lose the beauty. 13 If I speak in the tongues[a](A) of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 5:22; Eph. (Y) But the greatest of these is love.(Z). 1 Corinthians 13 1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13. 3 c If I give away all I have, and d if I deliver up my body to be burned, 1 but have not love, I gain nothing. New International Version (NIV). 1 Corinthians 13 1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. Paul explains that these special gifts were necessary during the infancy period of the church. 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: Corinth was an important and wealthy city on the isthmus (narrow strip of land) separating Northern and Southern Greece. 4:32; Col. 3:12], [See ver. Each thing described in 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 is a good thing. The First Epistle to the Corinthians (Ancient Greek: Α΄ ᾽Επιστολὴ πρὸς Κορινθίους), usually referred to as First Corinthians or 1 Corinthians is a Pauline epistle of the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-author named Sosthenes, and is addressed to the Christian church in Corinth. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy o and can fathom all mysteries p and all knowledge, q and if I have a faith r that can move mountains, s but do not have love, I am nothing. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood(U) behind me. (M) 6 Love does not delight in evil(N) but rejoices with the truth. Acts 18 gives us considerable detail about Paul’s work in Corinth during that time. The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures is published by Jehovah’s Witnesses. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1 Corinthians 13:13, CSB: "Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love--but the greatest of these is love." 10:12; 17:9; 1 Thess. 2 And if I have a prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, b so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. (P), 8 Love never fails. Paul describes the love he's talking about. 1 Corinthians 13 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Gift of Love. 1 Corinthians 13:3 Early mss read so that I may boast, i.e. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth… 2 Corinthians 5:10,15 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 11 z Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. 1 Corinthians 13 . Each thing described in 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 is a good thing. Are you getting the most out of Bible Gateway? The Way of Love. Childhood to Manhood . c. Each thing described in 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 is a good thing. "This is perhaps the most widely recognized and quoted passage anywhere in the Pauline letters, which poses both a challenge and an opportunity for preachers" "Love Never Ends," Karoline Lewis, Dear Working Preacher, 2016. 13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 12:8; Job 36:26; 2 Cor. When all the things in which men glory have passed away love will still stand. Tongues are good, prophecy and knowledge and faith are good, sacrifice is good. But the greatest of these is love.” In stating that faith, hope, and love remain, Paul does something interesting and unexpected: he uses a singular verb for a compound (and therefore plural) subject. Footnotes: 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested. First Corinthians 13:1–13 is one of the most loved and well-known passages in the Bible, but Paul places it after his teaching on the spiritual gifts for a specific reason. But love is so valuable, so important, that apart from it, every other good thing is useless. 2 And if I have. All rights reserved worldwide. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor(G) and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b](H) but do not have love, I gain nothing. Context Summary. Rob Turnbull from The Backyard Bard presenting 1 Corinthians 13. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. Red Letter. 13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 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