I Corinthians 13:1-3
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
No matter how convincing I may speak, in whatever beautiful language; if I do not consider my hearer before I consider myself, my words will mean no more than useless noise.
And if I have the gift of prophesy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
No matter what gifts I practice, or miracles I can perform, if I do not love my hearers, it means nothing at all.
And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
And no matter how generous I am, or how sacrificial in being willing to be martyred I am, if I don't love my fellow man, it will not do me any good at all, either in this world or in the next.
So what does this love look like? Tomorrow we will discuss its characteristics.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
