Christians and non-christians, what do you think about this?

Question

1 Corinthians 13: 1-7 "I may speak in different languages of people or even angels. But if i do not have love, I am only a noisy bell or a crashing cymbal. I may have the gift of prophecy. I may understand all the secret things of God and have all knowledge, and i may have faith so great i can move mountains. But even with all these things, if i do not have love, then i am nothing. I may give away everything i have, and i may even give my body as an offering to be burned. But I gain nothing if i do not have love.
"Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud. Love is not rude, is not selfish, and does not get upset with others. Love does not count up wrongs that have been done. Love is not happy with evil but is happy with the truth. Love patiently accepts all things. It always trusts, always hopes, and always remains strong."

That is what true love is.

I wanted to put the rest of chapter 13 there, but i wasn't allowed that many spaces.

This passage is from my Bible, my Bible is easier to understand. I don't think God cares which Bible it's from. It still means the same thing, it's just easier for people to understand.

Answer 1

One of my favorite chapters in the Bible; here is more good stuff.
If you can receive this basic truth about God's love, then you can begin to be consistent in your love to your mate because your love is based on a choice that you have made, not on the way they act. This is the root cause of nearly all strife in marriage. Everything is fine until one partner does something wrong to the other, and then the feathers fly. Aren't you glad that God doesn't treat us that way? Romans 5:8 says, "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Praise God! God's love wasn't based upon what we had done for Him or what we deserved but upon His choice to love us. That is all! We didn't do anything to merit God's love. He just chose to give it. We can choose to receive that kind of love and then give it to others in the same way.

Another way to say this is that God's love is unconditional. Jesus didn't wait until we were worth it or had repented before He gave Himself for our sins. He gave Himself for us while we were yet sinners and living a life of rebellion against Him (Rom. 5:8). His love was extended toward Hitler just as much as it was toward us. The difference is our acceptance or rejection of it not His offer of love. God's love is unconditional.

Answer 2

I think if Christians are supposed to "love thy neighbor as thyself," more of them need to pay attention to this.

Seriously though, no one ever loves precisely like this. Assuming the Bible is right, and I do agree with this excerpt in particular to some extent, I do not believe that humans are capable of love of this nature.

We are not always patient and kind.
We are sometimes jealous.
Some of us may brag, or be proud (and some things are worth being proud of).
We are sometimes rude, selfish, and get upset.
We do not always accept everything.
We do not always trust, hope, or remain strong.

We are human, and fallible.

But this is an excellent goal to strive for, so long as one does not lose one's self in expecting to reach this.

As far as having nothing if you do not have love, I can agree that you can live a very successful, very fruitful, very spiritual, etc. and very positive life, but if you do not have love, I think you miss out on the most important part of living. It's like sex: sex is great, but sex without love is meaningless.

Answer 3

God said it and I accept it as His word. But you are clearly not reading from the KJV bible. They have changed the meanings of God's word and places doubt in place of God's confidence. That was not accident. That was done intentional as satan's form of trickery..

1 Corinthians 13:1 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.

He did not say, I may speak in different languages. He said definately that " Though I speak with the tongues" God speak with a profound confidence in every thing He says to us.

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

God did not say " I may understand all the secret things of God". He said with confidence " and understand all mysteries and all knowledge"

He did not say " I may have the gift of prophecy" He said definately that "And thoght I have the gift of prophecy"

Those new aged bibles place an element of doubt in the reader's mind, and that is not the word of God. There is a confidence in God's true word that you will not find in those cheap immitations that are satan's counterfits, designed for the soul purpose to weaken and confuse the heart and mind of those who read it.

3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

God did not say "if I do not have love' He said " have not charity" which is a part of love that is the willingness to give up your posessions for someone else's needs.

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Answer 4

I've been hearing and reading that "Love is" quote my whole life and, when I was younger, I never understood it. I always thought I knew what love was and never really did. Young 'love' is jealous and keeps scores of rights and wrongs, it's selfish and rude - that is not true love. Yet so many these days throw away their lives on what they think is love. It's sad, really which would be why the divorce rate is what it is today. If we could all realize that what you have described here is how true love should be, we would be much happier with out partners.

Answer 5

The thought is good but the proper translation is:

Chapter 13

1 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.

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Answer 6

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no; it is an ever-fixed mark,
That looks on tempests, and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error, and upon me prov'd,
I never writ, nor no man every lov'd.

Sonnet 116, William Shakespeare, Renaissance Playwright

What's your name?
Just tell me where you can be found.
My name is Love I can't be found, no.
Then name your cost
And let me pay, my time is short.
My name is Love, I can't be bought, no.
When everything inside ups and changes allies
When everything else has died
My name is Love. My name is Love.

Rob Dickinson, Singer/Songwriter supposing a conversation with Venus

Seems to me anyone interested in moving thoughts on love needn't look any farther than British artists. And certainly mortals can have as firm a grasp on the scope and power of love as the Christian god.

Answer 7

I think the sentiment is most excellent. That's from the bible, huh?

What I find surprising is how much anger and animosity surface from many who've replied... and so quickly. I don't understand why anyone would object or condemn this type of sentiment.

I must say that as an outsider, looking in, i see many more non-christians attacking christians than the other way round.

Answer 8

Worldliness, envy, and satisfaction existed between specific early Christians. James calls some “adulteresses� because of the fact they have been pals of the worldwide and for this reason responsible of non secular adultery. relatively, we don't prefer to grow to be worldly in recommendations-set, speech, and movements, for that should make us God’s enemies. His be conscious shows us that “an inclination to envy� is a factor of the undesirable inclination, or “spirit,� in sinful human beings. So if we understand that we ought to combat envy, satisfaction, or another undesirable inclination, enable us to look for God’s help via holy spirit. That tension, provided via God’s undeserved kindness, is larger than “an inclination to envy.� And while Jehovah opposes the proud, he will provide us undeserved kindness if we combat sinful inclinations.

Answer 9

This means that Love is the greatest of all commandments as it emcompasses all commandments of God. For if you love you will not steal from your neighbor, or covet what he has, or kill him or you will not have disrespect for your elders, your mother and father and authority, love encompasses all, imagine no hate, no racisms no country no religion, just man living life in peace. John Lennon had it right, he followed Jesus' way. Whether he knew this or not is irrelavant.

Answer 10

I totaly agree with you. This is one of my favourite passages in tthe Bible. It is true lveindeed, bu how difficult it is to put it into practice!you now what you should do? from "love is patient" to "always remains strong", replace "love" by your first name or "I"(it is even stronger to replace it by "i"), you'll see how far you are from all this but by saying this everyday it'll show yourself how much you want to conform to this idea of love.If you want to follow Christ you've got to follow this path of love, ey, that's pretty hard but that's the only way. Thanks for reminding us about this. God Bless.