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However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him—
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For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.
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What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?
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Concerning Food Sacrificed to Idols
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.
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But whoever loves God is known by God.
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Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.
Love Is Indispensable
And yet I will show you the most excellent way.
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If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
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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.
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If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
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Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
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Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
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And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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Intelligibility in Worship
Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.
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Do everything in love.
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If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed! Come, Lord!
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My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.