Relationships: Connecting the Dots // The Foundation of All Relationships
1 Corinthians 16:14 (ESV)
“Let all that you do be done in love.”
1 Corinthians 13:1 (NIV)
“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.”
1. Your words without love are unproductive.
1 Corinthians 13:2 (NIV)
“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, but do not have love, I am nothing.”
2. Offering knowledge and wisdom without love as your motivation means nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:2 (NIV)
“If I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.”
3. Faith, without love, doesn’t mean anything.
1 Corinthians 13:3 (NIV)
“If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.”
4. Generosity and sacrifice without being motivated by love are insignificant and self-serving.
“Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. These things are important but without love they are nothing.”
What does love look like?
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NIV)
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
Love is a Choice