{"id":982,"date":"2023-05-24T21:25:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T03:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/?p=982"},"modified":"2023-05-24T21:25:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T03:25:31","slug":"i-corinthians-131-7-the-way-of-love-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/i-corinthians-131-7-the-way-of-love-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"I Corinthians 13:1-7 The Way of Love \u2013 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><b>I Corinthians 13:1-7<br \/>\nThe Way of Love \u2013 Part 1<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Today, 05\/24\/2023, let us, together in the grace of God, rejoice and reflect on the Word of God in I Corinthians 13:1-7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>1 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.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">[King James Version]<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><b>Suggested Questions:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">1. What does the ability to speak in the tongues of men and of angels represent?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">2. What does the ability to prophesy, to understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and to have all faith represent?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">3. What does feeding the poor, distributing wealth, and sacrificing oneself represent?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">4. Define the characteristics of love as listed in verses 4-7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><b>Suggested Applications:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">1. Do you have love? 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