All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God knows me now. Now we see things imperfectly as in a poor mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. It’s like this: When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child does. ![]() Now we know only a little, and even the gift of prophecy reveals little! But when the end comes, these special gifts will all disappear. Love will last forever, but prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will all disappear. ![]() Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it but if I didn’t love others, I would be of no value whatsoever. If I had the gift of prophecy and if I knew all the mysteries of the future and knew everything about everything, but didn’t love others, what good would I be?Īnd if I had the gift of faith so that I could speak to a mountain and make it move, without love I would be no good to anybody. If I could speak in any language in heaven or on earth but didn’t love others, I would only be making meaningless noise like a loud gong or a clanging cymbal. A great place to start is with the most famous passage on the topic: ![]() In a world confused about what love really is, it’s crucial for us to understand and uphold the Bible’s definition of love.
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