Love: Gifts Compared With
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.…


Gifts —

I. HAVE NO VALUE IN THEMSELVES; may occasion mischief; love is intrinsically excellent; gives value to everything.

II. DO NOT NECESSARILY MAKE A MAN USEFUL; love makes him active and self-sacrificing.

III. CANNOT SAVE; love is salvation already begun.

(J. Lyth, D.D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

WEB: If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.




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