1Cor 13:1-8, Col 3:14, 1Th 3:6, 2Th 1:3, 1Ti 1:5, 1Pe 4:8, 2Pe 1:7 | 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 .

p[See ver. 4 above]

q[1 Thess. 5:8]; See Eph. 5:2

r Eph. 4:3

s Heb. 6:1; [John 17:23]

t Acts 18:5; [2 Cor. 7:6, 9]

uSee ch. 1:3

v[1 Cor. 11:2]

wSee Phil. 1:8

x ch. 2:13; See Eph. 5:20; 1 Thess. 1:2, 3

z 2 Tim. 2:22

aa 1 Pet. 3:16, 21

ab Rom. 12:9; 2 Tim. 1:5

ac[1 Cor. 13:5, 6]; See James 5:20

adSee Heb. 13:1

ae 1 Cor. 13; 1 John 4:16

1 Corinthians 13:1-8

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. 2 And if I have ^aprophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, ^bso as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 ^cIf I give away all I have, and ^dif 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.

4 ^fLove is patient and ^gkind; love ^hdoes not envy or boast; it ⁱis not arrogant 5 or rude. It ^jdoes not insist on its own way; it ^kis not irritable or resentful; ^{▼▼Greek irritable and does not count up wrongdoing} 6 it ^mdoes not rejoice at wrongdoing, but ⁿrejoices with the truth. 7 ^oLove bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, ^pendures all things.

8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

Colossians 3:14

14 And above all these put on ^qlove, which ^rbinds everything together in ^sperfect harmony.

1 Thessalonians 3:6

Timothy’s Encouraging Report

6 But ^tnow that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of ^uyour faith and love and reported ^vthat you always remember us kindly and ^wlong to see us, as we long to see you—

2 Thessalonians 1:3

Thanksgiving

3 ^xWe ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church} as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.

1 Timothy 1:5

5 The aim of our charge is love ^zthat issues from a pure heart and ^aaa good conscience and ^aba sincere faith.

1 Peter 4:8

8 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since ^aclove covers a multitude of sins.

2 Peter 1:7

7 and godliness ^adwith brotherly affection, and brotherly affection ^aewith love.