First Corinthians · Chapter 13

The Greatest of These Is Love

Love's necessity, character, endurance, and abiding hope

1 Corinthians 13

Read the Chapter in Three Natural Movements

Even spectacular gifts become empty without love. Paul describes love not as sentiment but as patient, truthful, enduring action that belongs to God's mature and everlasting kingdom. The chapter remains whole while each passage receives room for Scripture, context, reflection, and prayer.