Paul starts out his discussion on Tongues VS Prophecy by saying that we should pursue love as our primary objective in the life of the church. Lovelessness was by far the church at Corinth’s greatest problem. Love is no substitute for other virtues, but it is the great motivator of good works. They were right […]

I Corinthians 13 is sandwiched in between two chapters that Paul discusses the importance of Spiritual gifts. Chapter 12 is a general overview, and then in Chapter 14 Paul centers in on the gift that the church was abusing the most – Tongues. Chapter 13 reminds us that whatever gift we use must be used […]

The Spirit of God gives us a complete picture of the importance of gifts to the church, then He details the most important gift that we can gives someone … LOVE! (1 Corinthians 13). We often use this chapter at weddings to remind the couple that they need to learn to love each other. But […]