1Cor 13:1 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1Cor 13:1-13: 13:1-13 Paul interrupts his discussion of spiritual gifts (resumed in ch 14 ) to emphasize that love is more important than any spiritual gift (cp. 8:1-3 ). The most important thing for Christians is to become deeply and consistently loving people. Summary for 1Cor 13:1-3: 13:1-3 Spiritual gifts in themselves do not define our worth to God or to the church. In fact, apart from the expression of love , spiritual gifts are of no value. 13:1 all the languages of earth (literally the tongues of men ) and of angels: Tongues was the spiritual gift most highly prized by the Corinthians (see also 12:10 , 28 ; 14:1-25 , 27 ). Some may have thought tongues to be the language of angels ; in Acts, Luke uses the same term to refer to natural human languages (see Acts 2:4-13 ).

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‏ 1 Corinthians 13:1

Summary for 1Cor 13:1-13: 13:1-13 ^a Paul interrupts his discussion of spiritual gifts (resumed in ch 14 ^b) to emphasize that love is more important than any spiritual gift (cp. 8:1-3 ^c). The most important thing for Christians is to become deeply and consistently loving people.
Summary for 1Cor 13:1-3: 13:1-3 ^d Spiritual gifts in themselves do not define our worth to God or to the church. In fact, apart from the expression of love, spiritual gifts are of no value. 13:1 ^e all the languages of earth (literally the tongues of men) and of angels: Tongues was the spiritual gift most highly prized by the Corinthians (see also 12:10 ^f, 28 ^g; 14:1-25 ^h, 27 ⁱ). Some may have thought tongues to be the language of angels; in Acts, Luke uses the same term to refer to natural human languages (see Acts 2:4-13 ^j).