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• 1 Corinthians 2:9  (1 Corinthians 2)

  But, as it is written,

  “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,

  nor the heart of man imagined,

  what God has prepared for those who love him”—

• 1 Corinthians 4:21  (1 Corinthians 4)

  What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?

• 1 Corinthians 8:1  (1 Corinthians 8)

  Now concerning1 food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up.

  Footnotes

  [1] 8:1 The expression Now concerning introduces a reply to a question in the Corinthians' letter; see 7:1

• 1 Corinthians 13:1  (1 Corinthians 13)

  If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

• 1 Corinthians 13:2  (1 Corinthians 13)

  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.

• 1 Corinthians 13:3  (1 Corinthians 13)

  If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned,1 but have not love, I gain nothing.

  Footnotes

  [1] 13:3 Some manuscripts deliver up my body [to death] that I may boast

• 1 Corinthians 13:4  (1 Corinthians 13)

  Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

• 1 Corinthians 13:7  (1 Corinthians 13)

  Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

• 1 Corinthians 13:8  (1 Corinthians 13)

  Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

• 1 Corinthians 13:13  (1 Corinthians 13)

  So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

• 1 Corinthians 14:1  (1 Corinthians 14)

  Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

• 1 Corinthians 16:14  (1 Corinthians 16)

  Let all that you do be done in love.

• 1 Corinthians 16:22  (1 Corinthians 16)

  If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come!1

  Footnotes

  [1] 16:22 Greek Maranatha (a transliteration of Aramaic)

• 1 Corinthians 16:24  (1 Corinthians 16)

  My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.