Saturday, February 13, 2010

Happy Valentine’s Day!

1 Corinthians 13
Love
1What if I could speak

   all languages

   of humans

   and of angels?

   If I did not love others,

   I would be nothing more

   than a noisy gong

   or a clanging cymbal.

2What if I could prophesy

   and understand all secrets

   and all knowledge?

   And what if I had faith

   that moved mountains?

   I would be nothing,

   unless I loved others.

3What if I gave away all

   that I owned

   and let myself

   be burned alive? [a] I would gain nothing,

   unless I loved others.

4Love is kind and patient,

   never jealous, boastful,

   proud, or 5rude.

   Love isn't selfish

   or quick tempered.

   It doesn't keep a record

   of wrongs that others do.

6Love rejoices in the truth,

   but not in evil.

7Love is always supportive,

   loyal, hopeful,

   and trusting.

8Love never fails!

   Everyone who prophesies

   will stop,

   and unknown languages

   will no longer

   be spoken.

   All that we know

   will be forgotten.

9We don't know everything,

   and our prophecies

   are not complete.

10But what is perfect

   will someday appear,

   and what isn't perfect

   will then disappear.

11When we were children,

   we thought and reasoned

   as children do.

   But when we grew up,

   we quit our childish ways.

12Now all we can see of God

   is like a cloudy picture

   in a mirror.

   Later we will see him

   face to face.

   We don't know everything,

   but then we will,

   just as God completely

   understands us.

13For now there are faith,

   hope, and love.

   But of these three,

   the greatest is love.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20corinthians%2013&version=CEV

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