I Corinthians 13: 1-13 the Excellence of Love

Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part; but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away. When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Jesus said before his resurrection, "A new commandment that I give to you, love one another.” Love is the Law of Christ. Here, Paul is comparing the great spiritual gifts of speaking in tongues, prophecy, and love. He explains that the former two are only temporary. But to the mature Christine (the perfect), they will abide in love, because this is an enduring gift of God. Love is not self motivated, but others motivated, against whch there is no law. It is love that separates the Christian from the world.

Daily Prayer: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whoever trusts in him will not perish, but have eternal life." This is what you, Father are like. "God is love," the Scriptures write. Place the love of God in my heart also, so that I may serve both man and God. In Jesus name I pray Amen.