Liturgy Gospel
Paulines Epistle
Paul, the servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed to the Gospel of God.
A reading from the Epistle of our teacher Paul to the Corinthians .
May his blessings be upon us.
Amen.
1 Corinthians 12 : 31
Chapter 12
| 31 | But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.
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1 Corinthians 13 : 1 - 13
Chapter 13
| 1 | Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
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| 2 | And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
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| 3 | And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
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| 4 | Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
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| 5 | does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
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| 6 | does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
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| 7 | bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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| 8 | Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
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| 9 | For we know in part and we prophesy in part.
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| 10 | But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
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| 11 | When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
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| 12 | For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
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| 13 | And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
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1 Corinthians 14 : 1 - 1
Chapter 14
| 1 | Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.
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The grace of God the Father be with you all.
Amen.
