Monday, September 04, 2006

1 Corinthians 13 (LOVE)

Do meditate upon this Bible verse this week =)
It's the one we're supposed to memorise for Da Zhu last Thursday.

我 若 能 说 万 人 的 方 言 , 并 天 使 的 话 语 却 没 有 爱 , 我 就 成 了 鸣 的 锣 , 响 的 钹 一 般 。 我 若 有 先 知 讲 道 之 能 , 也 明 白 各 样 的 奥 秘 , 各 样 的 知 识 。 而 且 有 全 备 的 信 , 叫 我 能 够 移 山 , 却 没 有 爱 , 我 就 算 不 得 什 么 。 我 若 将 所 有 的 周 济 穷 人 , 又 舍 己 身 叫 人 焚 烧 , 却 没 有 爱 , 仍 然 与 我 无 益 。 爱 是 恒 久 忍 耐 , 又 有 恩 慈 。 爱 是 不 嫉 妒 。 爱 是 不 自 夸 。 不 张 狂 。 不 作 害 羞 的 事 。 不 求 自 己 的 益 处 。 不 轻 易 发 怒 。 不 计 算 人 的 恶 。 不 喜 欢 不 义 。 只 喜 欢 真 理 。 凡 事 包 容 。 凡 事 相 信 。 凡 事 盼 望 。 凡 事 忍 耐 。 爱 是 永 不 止 息 。

哥 林 多 前 书 13:1 - 8a

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails;

1 Corinthians 13:1-8a

1 Comments:

Blogger Bernice! said...

I haven't memorised verses for a long time (read: years)but I'm glad that this Bible memorization plan is 'forcing' me to do so! :)

I've been benefitting a lot from repeating this passage to myself - especially the first 3 verses (before the "Love is...). I really like the examples used because it's still relevant today. Simply put, without love, everything I do, whether it is sharing the gospel or serving in CVCF comes to nothing. Nought. Zero. Nil. Zilch. It is a scary thought - all those things you've done for the sake of doing have been to no benefit.

May this verse spur us on to learn what real love is and to live it out.

9:51 PM  

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