1 Corinthians 13 (Love Chapter)
Speaking without love is nothing more than a sounding cymbal.
Faith without love is nothing.
Giving without love is of no benefit to me
(1 Corinthians 13:1-3).
God is love (1 John 4:8, 16).
For God so loved the world (John 3:16).
Love is patient (1 Corinthians 13:4).
Jesus Christ showed us perfect patience (1 Timothy 1:16).
Therefore, we should show each other perfect patience and endurance with Christ's love.
Jesus is gentle and humble in heart (Matthew 11:29).
Love is gentle (1 Corinthians 13:4).
One of the fruits of the Spirit is gentleness (Galatians 5:23).
As people of God, we should pursue gentleness (1 Timothy 6:11).
As saints called by God, we should always be humble and gentle (Ephesians 4:1-2).
We should always show gentleness to everyone (Titus 3:2).
We should live wisely with a gentle heart, showing good conduct (James 3:13).
The meek shall inherit the land and delight in abundant peace (Psalms 37:11).
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5).
Love does not envy (1 Corinthians 13:4).
Those who live according to the flesh envy (3:3).
Envy rots the bones (Proverbs 14:30).
If we harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in our hearts, do not boast about it (James 3:14).
Where we have envy and selfish ambition, there we find disorder and every evil practice (v. 16).
Envy kills the fool (Job 5:2).
So we must get rid ourselves of all malice and all deceit,
hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind (1 Peter 2:1).
Love does not boast (1 Corinthians 13:4).
Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength
or the rich boast of their riches (Jeremiah 9:23).
We must not boast about our actions (Ephesians 2:9).
We must not boast in the desires of our hearts (Psalms 10:3).
We should not make empty boasts. All such boasting is evil (James 4:16).
We should not boast about tomorrow (Proverbs 27:1).
He who boasts must boast in the Lord (1 Corinthians 1:31; 2 Corinthians 10:17).
We must boast in God all day long (Psalm 34:2; 44:8).
We must boast about the works of God in Christ Jesus (Romans 15:17).
And we should boast about our weaknesses (2 Corinthians 11:30).
Love is not proud (1 Corinthians 13:4).
Pride only leads to strife (Proverbs 13:10).
If a person is proud, he will be put to shame (11:2).
God hates pride (8:13; Romans 1:30) and will not tolerate the proud (Psalms 101:5).
He also severely punishes those who act arrogantly (31:23).
God humbles those who act arrogantly (Daniel 4:37).
The pride of a person's heart goes before destruction (Proverbs 18:12).
Therefore, we must not have a proud heart (1 Corinthians 4:6).
Love does not act rudely (1 Corinthians 13:5).
However, wicked people without love rudely criticize the righteous
with arrogant and stubborn words (Psalms 31:18).
Love does not seek its own benefit (1 Corinthians 13:5).
Those who love do not seek their own benefit,
but seek the benefit of others and the benefit of many (10:24, 33).
Carefully pursuing good works that benefit others is a good thing in the sight of God (Titus 3:8).
Love is not angry (1 Corinthians 13:5).
Provoking the other person's anger with harsh words is not love (Proverbs 15:1).
It is foolish to get angry easily (12:16).
Angry people cause strife, and angry people commit many sins (29:22).
It is better to live alone in the wilderness
than to live with a quarrelsome and angry wife (21:19).
Human anger does not achieve God’s righteousness (James 1:20).
We must be slow to anger (1:19).
Love keeps no record of evil (1 Corinthians 13:5).
Love does not keep a record in your mind of what the other person did to you.
And love does not repeat what the other person has done wrong to you,
but rather covers up the other person's faults (Proverbs 17:9).
Love does not rejoice over unrighteousness,
but rejoices with the truth (1 Corinthians 13:6).
Love hates injustice and believes the truth (Ref.: 2 Thessalonians 2:12).
Love follows truth and does not follow unrighteousness (Ref.: Romans 2:8).
Love does not do injustice (Zephaniah 3:5), it does not deceive (1 Corinthians 6:8),
and it speaks the truth (Psalms 119:3).
Love prevents injustice with truth (Ref.: Romans 1:18).
The love of truth overcomes all deception of unrighteousness (Ref.: 2 Thessalonians 2:10).
Love endures all things (1 Corinthians 13:7).
Love endures and endures. Love is patient (James 5:8).
Love is patient (1 Corinthians 13:4) and waits (1 Peter 3:20).
Love endures even when persecuted (1 Corinthians 4:12).
Love waits patiently before God (Psalms 37:7).
Love endures and serves (Acts 20:19).
Love endures for the glory of God (Isaiah 48:9).
Love believes all things (1 Corinthians 13:7).
Love believes in the Lord (Acts 18:8).
Love believes that the Lord is the Christ
who will come to the world, the Son of God (John 11:27).
Love believes that Jesus died and came back to life.
Love believes that God will bring with Him
even those who died while believing in Jesus (1 Thessalonians 4:14).
Love believes that salvation is achieved through the grace of the Lord Jesus (Acts 15:11).
Love believes in God (27:25).
Love believes in all the words of God written in the Bible (24:14).
Love believes that what God has told me will come true (27:25).
Love believes that God has delivered us from the great danger of death
and will continue to deliver us in the future (2 Corinthians 1:10).
Love desires all things (1 Corinthians 13:7).
Love desires all things.
Love places its hope in God (Psalms 42:5, 11; 43:5).
Love hopes for the Lord's salvation (Psalms 119:166).
Love does not depart from the hope of the gospel (Colossians 1:23).
Love looks forward to the blessed hope,
the glory of God and our Savior Jesus Christ (Titus 2:13).
Love endures all things (1 Corinthians 13:7).
Love stands the test of time (James 1:12).
Love endures suffering (2 Corinthians 1:6).
Love endures even when people enslave us, exploit us,
use us, show arrogance toward us, or slap us in the face (2 Corinthians 11:20).
Love holds the Word of God deep in its heart and endures suffering or persecution
because of the Word (Ref.: Matthew 13:21).
Love strengthens us with all the power that comes through the glorious power of God,
so that we can endure all things with joy (Colossians 1:11).
Love never fails (1 Corinthians 13:8). Love is forever.
God’s love is eternal (Psalms 136).
The eternal God loves us with everlasting love (Jeremiah 31:3).
Although I know in part now, when the fullness comes,
I will see the Lord Jesus Christ face to face, and I will know fully,
even as the Lord knows me (1 Corinthians 13:9, 10, 12).