1Cor 13:1, 3, 16:22, Gal 5:16, 22, 1Jo 4:8, 20-21 | ESV | STEP | 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 13:1

The Way of Love

1 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 13:3

3 ^aIf I give away all I have, and ^bif I deliver up my body to be burned, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts deliver up my body [to death] that I may boast} but have not love, I gain nothing.

1 Corinthians 16:22

22 If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be ^daccursed. Our Lord, come! ^{▼▼Greek Maranatha (a transliteration of Aramaic)}

Galatians 5:16

Keep in Step with the Spirit

16 But I say, ^fwalk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify ^gthe desires of the flesh.

Galatians 5:22

22 But ^hthe fruit of the Spirit is ⁱlove, joy, peace, patience, ^jkindness, goodness, faithfulness,

1 John 4:8

8 ^kAnyone who does not love does not know God, because ^lGod is love.

1 John 4:20-21

20 ^mIf anyone says, “I love God,” and ⁿhates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot ^{▼▼Some manuscripts how can he} love God ^pwhom he has not seen. 21 And ^qthis commandment we have from him: ^rwhoever loves God must also love his brother.