{"id":27310,"date":"2022-01-24T14:22:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T13:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jesus-without-language.net\/?p=27310"},"modified":"2023-11-17T11:34:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T10:34:59","slug":"love-is-1-corinthians-13-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jesus-without-language.net\/love-is-1-corinthians-13-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Love is (1 Corinthians 13) | Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 20%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>This passage is so quoted and used, it\u2019s a key part of understanding the \u201clove\u201d theme that echoes through scripture. It is, however, rather abstract, and this retelling used the instance of Paul writing it to frame the passage into a story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This retold version of the Bible passage is supplied for inspiration, feel free to omit or embellish to give it your personal voice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Main Passage : 1 Corinthians 13<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesus-without-language.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Post-graphics_23.webp\" alt=\"Character resources for: Love is. 1 Corinthians 13\" class=\"wp-image-28930 size-full\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\r\n\r\r\n<div class=\"product-link\" style=\"background-color: ; color: \">\r\r\n    \r\n        <div class=\"product-link__col\">\r\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jesus-without-language.net\/product\/love-is-1-corinthians-13\/\">\r\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"product-link__text\">This is part of a single lesson pack, all ready to print and go.<\/p>\r\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"product-link__image\">\r\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesus-without-language.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Love-is_21.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\r\n        <\/div>\r\r\n    \r\n<\/div>\r\r\n\n\n\n<p>Paul was in the midst of writing to all the people in Corinth about the gifts God could send them through his Holy Spirit when he suddenly stopped and threw his hands in the air. In all his talk about the great gifts and the way they all worked together, he\u2019d forgotten the most important things of all\u2026 Love!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It didn\u2019t matter if you had every gift God could give; if you didn\u2019t have love, then they were nothing, nadda, zip, diddlysquat, useless! Love was the thing that tied everything together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what kind of love. After all, there are many kinds. We may love chocolate or football, but we love our parents with a different kind of love. And God loves us with a love even greater than that. So, Paul tried to do the impossible: he tried to write out exactly what this \u201clove\u201d was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love is patient and kind.<br>It does not envy, boast or be rude.<br>Love thinks first of others and keeps no record of wrongs.<br>Love finds no joy in brokenness but rejoices in the truth.<br>It holds all things, believes all things, hopes all things, suffers all things.<br>Love never, ever ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul sat back and read the long list of things about love. It was something he was still learning about. It was something too big for him to ever know everything about. It was like he could only see part of the picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He described it as looking at a reflection in a dull mirror. He knew it was God\u2019s love, and he knew a lot about it, but the image was still blurry. 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