1 Corinthians 13

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1. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

   The necessity of mortification: the duty of the best believers cites 1 Cor. xiii. 12

   … 1 Cor. ix. 27 — Indwelling sin always abides; no perfection in this life, Phil. iii. 12; 1 Cor. xiii. 12; 2 Pet. iii. 18; Gal. v. 17, etc. — The activity of abiding sin in believers, Rom. vii. 2…

2. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

   Thoughtfulness of the excellency of the majesty of God cites 1 Cor. xiii. 12

   …i. 18. “In a glass,” how is that? Clearly, perfectly? Alas, no! He tells you how that is, 1 Cor. xiii. 12, “We see through a glass, darkly,” saith he. It is not a telescope that helps us to see t…

3. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

   A Brief Account of the Author’s Call to the Work of the Ministry cites 1 Cor. 13.1

   …d of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, and a tinkling cymbal’ (1 Cor. 13.1, 2). 298. A tinkling cymbal is an instrument of music, with which a skilful player can ma…

4. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

   On Charity cites 1 Cor. 13:1–3

   … the poor, and give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.” 1 Cor. 13:1–3. We know, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God,” and is therefore true and right…

5. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

   The Fifth Stage cites 1 Cor. 13:1

   …calleth some men, yea, and those great talkers too, sounding brass, and tinkling cymbals, 1 Cor. 13:1, 3; that is, as he expounds them in another place, things without life giving sound. 1 Co…

6. The Inner Chamber · Andrew Murray

   Life and Knowledge cites 1 Corinthians 13:2

   …ge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13:2. It is in our daily Bible reading that this danger meets us; it is there it must be met a…

7. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

   IV. Gracious affections do arise from the mind's being enlightened, richly and spiritually to understand or apprehend divine things cites 1 Cor. 13:2

   …e apostle says, that a man might understand all such mysteries, and have no saving grace, 1 Cor. 13:2: "And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge…

8. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

   Walk: Christ Lived Through Us cites 1 Corinthians 13:2

   …ament. “If I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing” (1 Corinthians 13:2, ASV). A Christian may understand Nee's distinctions between spirit and soul, hold strong…

9. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   2.2 The Second Commandment cites 1 Cor 13: 2

   … knowledge as the angels, or faith of miracles, yet without love it would profit nothing. 1 Cor 13: 2. Love is ‘the first and great commandment.’ Matt. 22: 38. It is so, because, if it be wan…

10. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    On Love cites 1 Cor. 13:3

    …oor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing.” 1 Cor. 13:3. [1.] There is great reason to fear that it will hereafter be said of most of you who are…

11. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Scriptural Christianity cites 1 Cor. 13:4

    … in his prayers. he loved them “even as Christ loved us.” 6. And “love is not puffed up” (1 Cor. 13:4). It abases to the dust every soul wherein it dwells. Accordingly, he was lowly of heart,…

12. Humility · Andrew Murray

    Humility in Daily Life cites 1 Corinthians 13:4

    …love without humility as its root, " does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. " 1 Corinthians 13:4. To the Galatians: "Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one anoth…

13. Humility · Andrew Murray

    Humility and Holiness cites 1 Corinthians 13:4

    …l saints, the servants of all? There is "love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant" 1 Corinthians 13:4 where the spirit of love is shed abroad in the heart, where the divine nature comes to a …

14. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    VI. Gracious affections are attended with evangelical humiliation cites 1 Cor. 13:4

    …oks." And Psal. 101:5, "Him that hath a high look, and a proud heart, I will not suffer." 1 Cor. 13:4. "Charity vaunteth not itself, doth not behave itself unseemly." There is a certain amiab…

15. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    VIII. Truly gracious affections differ from those affections that are false and delusive, in that they tend to, and are attended with the lamblike, dovelike spirit and temper of Jesus Christ cites 1 Cor. 13:4

    …and gifts are nothing (calling this spirit by the name of charity), he describes it thus, 1 Cor. 13:4, 5: "Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itsel…

16. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.9 The Ninth Commandment cites 1 Cor 13: 5

    …ce come slandering and false witnessing. Love is a lovely grace; love ‘thinketh no evil.’ 1 Cor 13: 5. It puts the best interpretation upon another’s words. Love is a well-wisher, and it is r…

17. Godliness · Catherine Booth

    Love and Rebuke cites 1 Corinthians 13:6

    … rejoice in wrongdoing. “It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.” 1 Corinthians 13:6 Are you aware of a feeling of satisfaction when someone you dislike falls into sin or mis…

18. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites 1 Cor. 13:6

    …end." Verse 14, "I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies as much as in all riches." 1 Cor. 13:6, "Charity rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth." 2 Cor. 8:2, "The abunda…

19. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The tests of love to God cites 1 Cor. xiii. 7

    …ountry will make men suffer, much more should love to Christ. “Love endureth all things” (1 Cor. xiii. 7). Basil speaks of a virgin condemned to the fire, who having her life and estate offered …

20. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.2 Love cites 1 Cor 13: 7

    …ould have him suffer for him, he does not dispute, but obeys. ‘Love endureth all things.’ 1 Cor 13: 7. Love made Christ suffer for us, and love will make us suffer for him. It is true that ev…

21. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    An exhortation to love God cites 1 Cor. xiii. 8

    … that love is greater than faith, because it abides the longest. “Charity never faileth” (1 Cor. xiii. 8). Faith is the staff we walk with in this life. “We walk by faith” (2 Cor. v. 7). But we …

22. Selected Sermons of George Whitefield · George Whitefield

    The Great Duty of Charity Recommended cites 1 Corinthians 13:8

    1 Corinthians 13:8, “Charity never faileth.” Nothing is more valuable and commendable, and yet, not one duty…

23. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Imperfection of Human Knowledge cites 1 Cor. 13:9

    Sermon 69 The Imperfection of Human Knowledge “We know in part.” 1 Cor. 13:9. 1. The desire of knowledge is an universal principle in man, fixed in his inmost nature.…

24. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XI. Another great and very distinguishing difference between gracious affections and others is, that gracious affections, the higher they are raised, the more is a spiritual appetite and longing of soul after spiritual attainments increased cites 1 Cor. 13:10

    … future, which is their proper state of maturity and perfection; as the apostle observes, 1 Cor. 13:10, 11. The greatest eminency that the saints arrive to in this world, has no tendency to sa…

25. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Christian Perfection cites 1 Cor. 13:12

    …h indeed is almost an unavoidable consequence of it; seeing those who “know but in part” [1 Cor. 13:12] are ever liable to err touching the things which they know not. It is true, the children…

26. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · Jonathan Edwards

    A Divine and Supernatural Light cites 1 Cor. xiii. 12

    …f Christ,” 2 Cor. iv. 4. The gospel is as a glass, by which this light is conveyed to us, 1 Cor. xiii. 12: “Now we see through a glass.”—But, 3. When it is said that this light is given immediate…

27. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Seventh Stage cites 1 Cor. 13:12

    …iliation, or in his exaltation; whether coming to suffer, or coming to reign. James 1:23; 1 Cor. 13:12; 2 Cor. 3:18. Christiana therefore went to the shepherds apart, (now the names of the she…

28. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites 1 Cor. 13:13

    …ue religion. It is mentioned as one of the three great things of which religion consists, 1 Cor. 13:13. Hope in the Lord is also frequently mentioned as the character of the saints: Psal. 146:…

29. Godliness · Catherine Booth

    Love cites 1 Corinthians 13:13

    “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13 It must be a precious thing to be greater than faith and greater than hope—it must indeed…

30. Godliness · Catherine Booth

    Love and Conflict cites 1 Corinthians 13:13

    “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 Another characteristic of this Divine love is that it often involves conflict . It was so…

31. Godliness · Catherine Booth

    Love and Loneliness cites 1 Corinthians 13:13

    “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 The possession of this Divine love often requires walking a lonely path. Not only does it…

32. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    December cites 1 Cor. xiii. 13

    …ecember 15 Now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Cor. xiii. 13. (R. V.) Love is the greatest thing that God can give us: for Himself is Love; and it is …

33. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Baptism with the Holy Spirit cites 1 Corinthians 13:1-3

    …e rare gifts by the Spirit's power and yet manifest few of the graces of the Spirit. (See 1 Corinthians 13:1-3, Matthew 7:22-23) In every passage in the Bible in which the baptism with the Holy Spirit…

34. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Conformed to the Image of Christ cites 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

    …truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things" (1 Corinthians 13:4-7). This is what it means to be conformed to the image of Christ! Do we know anything of su…