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David Guzik commentary on 1 Corinthians 13, in which Paul emphasizes the superiority of love to the spiritual gifts in and of themselves.
Love Over Spiritual Gifts. Paul emphasizes that love is greater than spiritual gifts. In “1 Corinthians 13:1” (NKJV), he says, “Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.”. Without love, even the most impressive gifts are empty. Love surpasses prophecy ...
1 Corinthians 13. In this chapter the apostle goes on to show more particularly what that more excellent way was of which he had just before been speaking. He recommends it, I. By showing the necessity and importance of it, ver 1-3. II. By giving a description of its properties and fruits, ver 4-7. III.
1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, ...
Study 1 Corinthians 13 using Matthew Henry’s Bible Commentary (concise) to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres” (1 Corinthians 13:4-7). Paul puts together a list for us here that serves two purposes: 1. To show the comparison between a heart that reflects Godly love and one that lacks it. 2.
1. The gift of tongues: Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal, v. 1. Could a man speak all the languages on earth, and that with the greatest propriety, elegance, and fluency, could he talk like an angel, and yet be without charity, it would be all empty ...