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The Excellence of Love
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|1 Coríntios 13:1| If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not1 love[for others growing out of God's love for me] , then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal[just an annoying distraction] .
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|1 Coríntios 13:2| And if I have the gift of prophecy[and speak a new message from God to the people] , and understand all mysteries, and[possess] all knowledge; and if I have all[sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love[reaching out to others] , I am nothing.
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|1 Coríntios 13:3| If I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body2 to be burned, but do not have love, it does me no good at all.
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|1 Coríntios 13:4| Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant.
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|1 Coríntios 13:5| It is not rude; it is not self-seeking, it is not provoked[nor overly sensitive and easily angered] ; it does not take into account a wrong endured.
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|1 Coríntios 13:6| It does not rejoice at injustice, but rejoices with the truth[when right and truth prevail] .
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|1 Coríntios 13:7| Love bears all things[regardless of what comes] , believes all things[looking for the best in each one] , hopes all things[remaining steadfast during difficult times] , endures all things[without weakening] .
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|1 Coríntios 13:8| Love never fails[it never fades nor ends] . But as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for the gift of special knowledge, it will pass away.
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|1 Coríntios 13:9| For we know in part, and we prophesy in part[for our knowledge is fragmentary and incomplete] .
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|1 Coríntios 13:10| But when that which is complete and perfect comes, that which is incomplete and partial will pass away.
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