But as it is written, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him."

Which do you prefer? Should I come to you with a stick, or with love and a gentle spirit?

Now concerning food offered to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

If I speak in the languages of humans and angels but have no love, I have become a reverberating gong or a clashing cymbal.

If I have the gift of prophecy and can understand all secrets and every form of knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains but have no love, I am nothing.

Even if I give away everything that I have and sacrifice myself, but have no love, I gain nothing.

Love is always patient; love is always kind; love is never envious or arrogant with pride. Nor is she conceited,

Love never fails. Now if there are prophecies, they will be done away with. If there are languages, they will cease. If there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

Right now three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Keep on pursuing love, and keep on desiring spiritual gifts, especially the ability to prophesy.

If anyone doesn't love the Lord, let him be !

May my love remain with all of you in union with the Messiah Jesus.