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1 Corinthians 13 Summary

1 Corinthians 13, the ‘love chapter,’ shows that without love every gift is empty, and describes love that is patient, kind, and never fails.

Paul says that without love, even great gifts—tongues, prophecy, faith, sacrifice—amount to nothing. Love is the ‘more excellent way.’

He defines love by what it does: patient, kind, not envious or proud, keeping no record of wrongs, always protecting and persevering. Faith, hope, and love remain—‘but the greatest of these is love.’

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1 Corinthians 13:4 “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 “And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.”

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