1 Corinthians 13:1-13
1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 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 have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
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.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. 2001 (1 Co 13:1–13). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.
The gift of the Holy Spirit to all of us is Love. The Holy Spirit has shown us the Love of God. The Holy Spirit has revealed the truth of the Gospel to Christians everywhere. Many people desire gifts of the Holy Spirit. Some desire tongues to speak. But one should be concerned with what one says. People should worry about what their witness proclaims. St Paul concerns himself with one great thing Love. No, wait he preaches Christ crucified.
We often search after the things of the world. There are many people in this world that would give up their worldly things and give to charity for others to love them. People like to be looked up to. People like to hear others say nice things about them. This is one of those occasions when people will look at motives. Motives for doing good deeds can be very different. Some people do good deeds out of Love for their neighbor. Some people do it out of love for God. Others do it for the love of the people or the mob.
Jesus Christ has paid the penalty for our sins. Jesus Christ has provided the sacrifice to make us clean. Jesus Christ has redeemed his people from their transgressions. The Holy Spirit has called us by faith. He has enlightened us with his gifts. God has done all these things for you. If we do not have this love in our lives we are nothing but lost and condemned human beings. Jesus Christ gives us life and salvation. We show this same love to one another. The Love of God is the greatest gift given to us and we can give to others.
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