Love

1 Corinthians 13
Love
1~If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,
but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a
clanging cymbal. 2~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 have not
love, I am nothing. 3~If I give all I possess to the
poor and surrender my body to the flames, but
have not love, I gain nothing.
4~Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it
does not boast, it is not proud. 5~It is not rude, it is
not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no
record of wrongs. 6~Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth. 7~It always protects,
always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8~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. 9~For we know in part and we prophesy in
part, 10~but when perfection comes, the imperfect
disappears. 11~When I was a child, I talked like a
child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child.
When I became a man, I put childish ways behind
me. 12~Now we see but a poor reflection as in a
mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in
part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13~And now these three remain: faith, hope and
love. But the greatest of these is love.