Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, love is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails. If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing. For we know partially and we prophesy partially, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things. At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known. So faith, hope, love remain, these three;
but the greatest of these is love.
What more needs to be said? It’s all about love. Our faith can move mountains, but without love, it is nothing. Now that’s definitive!
When I was young, I talked, thought, and reasoned like a child. I’ve come a long way; we all have provided we have put aside childish things. When we love, we see face to face, meaning there is someone else in our lives and not just our own view in a mirror suggesting self-interest.
When we love and that love is reciprocated, we are fully known – by the loved one and by God. Yes indeed, the greatest of the three is love. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
Deacon David Pierce
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