1. The Greatest of These A Study of 1 Corinthians 13

2. The Greatest of These 1 Corinthians 13:13 Matt. 22:34-40 Rom. 13:8 1 Cor. 14:1 2 Cor. 8:8 Phil. 1:9 Phil. 2:2 Col. 3:14 1 Thes. 3:12 1 Tim. 1:5 Heb. 10:24 Heb. 13:1 1 Pet. 4:8

3. The Properties of Love 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Suffers long Is Kind Envies Not Not Boastful Not Puffed Up Not Rude Seeks Not Own Not Easily Angered Thinks No Evil Rejoices not in iniquity Rejoices in the Truth

4. Properties of Love 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love Bears All Things Always protects – NIV Knows no limit to its endurance – Phillips There is nothing love cannot face - NEB

5. Properties of Love 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love Bears All Things (Gk: stego = to suppress) 1 Pet. 4:8; Prov. 10:12 Jesus Christ - Isa. 53:4-6 Love will warn, rebuke, discipline, but it will cover, not expose

6. Properties of Love 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love Believes All Things No limit to its faith – NEB No end to its trust – Phillips Ever ready to believe the best of every person - Amplified

7. Properties of Love 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love Believes All Things (Gk: pisteuo = trust, place confidence in, be persuaded of) Jesus Christ - Matt. 9:1-4 Think of the twelve apostles! Think of us!

8. Properties of Love 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love Hopes All Things No limit to its hope – NEB No fading of its hope – Phillips Hopes are fadeless under all circumstances - Amplified

9. Properties of Love 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love Hopes All Things (Gk: elpizo = happy anticipation of good) Refuses to accept failure as final God with Israel Jesus Christ with Peter Paul with the Corinthians

10. Properties of Love 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love Endures All Things No limit to its endurance – NEB It can outlast anything – Phillips Endures everything - Amplified

11. Properties of Love 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love Endures All Things (Gk: hupomeno = bears up courageously under suffering) Stephen - Acts 6:9 – 7:60 Jesus Christ - Luke 23:1f The Crescendo of Love!!

12. The Greatest of These 1 Corinthians 13:7 Bears all wounds, sins Covers them, bears pain for others Believes the best, never cynical

13. The Greatest of These 1 Corinthians 13:7 Turns to hope, God still rules Still endures as a soldier

14. The Greatest of These 1 Corinthians 13:7 Biblical Love Is never overwhelmed Cares too much to give up Will die caring, being spit on and say, “Father forgive them!”

15. The Greatest of These 1 Corinthians 13:8 Love Never Fails!