Paul reminded them of love’s supreme importance. Prophecies and tongues would cease, while faith, hope and love would remain (1 Corinthians 13:8,13). “But the greatest of these is love” (1 Corinthians 13:13).
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing (1 Corinthians 13:1-3).
Miss the lesson of love, and you miss everything! Even your faith becomes a meaningless, cold corpse.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death (1 John 3:14).
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love (1 John 4:8). M
Picture: Noise from a hollow gong is like language empty of love.