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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.
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For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.
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I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him.
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For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
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in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;
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But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
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I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.
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Therefore show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in you, so that the churches can see it.
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Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
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Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
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So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me less?
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Final Greetings
Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
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May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
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I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
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Life by the Spirit
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
