1. 1 Corinthians 13 16 Traits to Live By!
LOVE
1 Corinthians 13
16 Traits to Live By!

2. a still more excellent way.
LOVE
…and I show you
a still more excellent way.
1 Corinthians 12:31
The Greatest of These…
1 Corinthians 13:13

3. What is Love? Man’s definition… Or God’s?
The world cannot explain true love
Songs, poems, paintings, sculptures, books, movies…
Shallow, confused, contradictory, inwardly focused, selfish
Modern usage has cheapened the word even more

4. God Is Love! (Who is love?)
1 John 4
Love is from God and is God
(v 7-8, 16)
His Love is perfected in us (v 12)
Perfect Love casts out fear (v 18)
A fruit of the Spirit is Love (Galatians 5:22)

5. To be practiced by believers Flows from the heart of Christians
Love is Necessary
Commanded by God
To be practiced by believers
Flows from the heart of Christians

6. Matthew 22:37-40 (Deuteronomy 6:4-5, Romans 13:8-10, James 2:8)
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.

7. John 3:16 (1 John 4:9)
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

8. that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives
1 John 3:16
We know love by this,
that He laid down His life for us;
and we ought to lay down our lives
for the brethren.

9. Beloved, let us love one another, is born of God and knows God
1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another,
for love is from God;
and everyone who loves
is born of God and knows God

10. We know that we have passed because we love the brethren.
1 John 3:14 (a)
We know that we have passed
out of death into life,
because we love the brethren.

11. But Without Love…
We are
Eternally Lost

12. He who does not love abides in death.
1 John 4:8
The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 3:14(b)
He who does not love abides in death.

13. An offended brother is more unyielding (harder to be won)
Proverbs 18:19
An offended brother is more unyielding (harder to be won)
than a fortified city

14. “Everyone who hates his brother no murderer has eternal life
1 John 3:15
“Everyone who hates his brother
is a murderer,
and you know that
no murderer has eternal life
abiding in him.”

15. 1 Love is the Reason 1 Corinthians 13:1-3
Whatever you do in service to God
if you do not act out of love, then –
You are like an empty sound
Spiritually, you are nothing
You gain nothing from it

16. 2 Love is Patient 1 Corinthians 13:4
“makrothumeo”
to be even-tempered
long-suffering, to bear long with
1 Thessalonians 5:14-15, Service & ministry: 2 Corinthians 6:6, Fruit of the Spirit: Galatians 5:22, Ephesians 4:2, Chosen of God: Colossians 3:12, Hebrews 6:12

17. 3 Love is Kind 1 Corinthians 13:4
“chresteuomai”
To be kind, have a gentle spirit
goodness & graciousness of heart
Prov. 19:22 Luke 6:35 Eph. 4:32
Service & ministry: 2 Corinthians 6:6, Fruit of the Spirit: Galatians 5:22, Ephesians 4:32, Chosen of God: Colossians 3:12, Luke 6:27-38 (esp. v. 35)

18. 4 Love is not Jealous 1 Corinthians 13:4
“zeloo”
(root – “to boil over”)
To be jealous, envious, spiteful
Song of Solomon 8:6
James 3:14-16, James 4:2, Romans 13:13, A work of the flesh not a fruit of the Spirit: Galatians 5:20, 1 Corinthians 3:3

19. 5 Love does not Brag 1 Corinthians 13:4
“perpereuomai”
to be a braggart, to boast, to elevate
oneself or one’s accomplishments
Prov. 27:2
Matthew 6:1-4

20. 6 Love is not Arrogant 1 Corinthians 13:4
“phusioo”
to be inflated,
puffed up with pride
Prov. 16: Jer. 49:16
Romans 12:3, Colossians 2:18, 1 Corinthians 8:1

21. 7 Love does not act Unbecomingly 1 Corinthians 13:5
“aschemoneo”
to behave disgracefully, dishonorably, in an unseemly or
unbecoming manner
Jude 13

22. 8 Love does not Seek Its Own 1 Corinthians 13:5
Not self-seeking
Concerned with the needs of others
Not pursuing self-interest
Romans 15:2

23. 9 Love is not Provoked 1 Corinthians 13:5
“paroxuno”
To stir up, irritate,
incite to anger or sharp contention
Works of the flesh: Galatians 5:20-21, Proverbs 14:29, 15:18, 19:11, 22:24-25, 29:11,22

24. 10 Love does not Take Into Account a Wrong Suffered 1 Corinthians 13:5
“logizomai”
to count, calculate, enumerate, or list
Proverbs 10:12, 16:27, 17:9

25. 11 Love Rejoices in the Truth 1 Corinthians 13:6
Love does not point out faults
or delight in noting
the failings of others.
Love delights in what is
True and Good.
2 Thessalonians 2:12

26. 12 Love Bears All Things 1 Corinthians 13:7
“stego”
To cover, protect, preserve,
to put a roof over,
to keep off something which threatens
Romans 15:1-2, Acts 7:26

27. 13 Love Believes All Things 1 Corinthians 13:7
“pisteuo”
To believe, to trust
to have faith or confidence in

28. 14 Love Hopes All Things 1 Corinthians 13:7
“elpizo”
to hope, to trust
to place hope and confidence in
Romans 12:12, 15:13, 2 Corinthians 1:7

29. 15 Love Endures All Things 1 Corinthians 13:7
“hupomeno”
Patient endurance, to persevere
to bear up under a load
Matthew 10:22, 24:12-13, Romans 12:12, Luke 8:15, Luke 21:17, 19, Hebrews 12:1-3

30. 16 Love Never Fails 1 Corinthians 13:8
“pipto”
to fall, to fail, to fall into ruin,
to collapse into extinction

31. faith, hope, love – these three but the greatest of these is
1 Corinthians 13:13
But now abide
faith, hope, love – these three
but the greatest of these is
Love

32. LOVE… He Expects Nothing Less of His Children
We Must Expect No Less of Ourselves!
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