_THE MORE EXCELLENT WAY_ ‘And though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.’ 1 Corinthians 13:2 The spirit of love is the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Is there any test by which as you search the Gospels you will find our Lord so constantly measuring wh... [ Continue Reading ]
_CHRISTIAN LOVE_ ‘Charity suffereth long … endureth all things.’ 1 Corinthians 13:4 It is indeed the occasion of astonishment that in the face of this chapter theology should ever have imagined that there was antagonism between St. Paul and the other sacred writer who teaches that ‘faith is dead... [ Continue Reading ]
_GOOD MANNERS_ ‘Doth not behave itself unseemly.’ 1 Corinthians 13:5 William of Wykeham’s motto, ‘Manners makyth man,’ covered the sphere of man’s conduct in general, still manners, i.e. external behaviour, very important. It is wrong to suppose that while deeds can be controlled and words govern... [ Continue Reading ]
_PRESENT AND FUTURE VISION_ ‘For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.’ 1 Corinthians 13:12 This fragment of inspiration appears in the Revised Version thus: ‘For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SUPREMACY OF LOVE_ ‘And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.’ 1 Corinthians 13:13 The message to which we listen in this chapter is this: that, in religion, love is supreme. That lesson would, if it stood alone, have a commanding importance. Bu... [ Continue Reading ]