1 Corinthians 13
This so-called hymn to love was Paul’s prescription for solving the sickness in the church body in Corinth. The believers had spiritual gifts, but they lacked spiritual graces and needed to be reminded why love is so important in the Christian life.
Love puts quality into service (vv. 1–3). When you have love, your words and actions amount to something and help other people.
Love also puts maturity into character (vv. 4–7). The Corinthians were impatient with each other, suing each other, tolerating sin in the church, and creating problems because they did not have love. Whatever qualities you may have, they are nothing without love.
Love puts eternity into life (vv. 8–13). Love lasts, and what love does will last. Love is the greatest and does the greatest because “God is love” (
“God hates the great things in which love is not the motive power; but He delights in the little things that are prompted by a feeling of love.”
D. L. Moody