Spiritual Gifts: Love

And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

καὶ ἐὰν ἔχω προφητείαν

And if I would be having prophecy

Conditions of 2e

καὶ εἰδῶ τὰ μυστήρια πάντα καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γνῶσιν

and I would know all mysteries and all knowledge

καὶ ἐὰν ἔχω πᾶσαν τὴν πίστιν ὥστε ὄρη μεθιστάναι,

and if I would be having all faith to move mountains,

ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω,

but I would not be having love

Contrast to 2a-c

οὐθέν εἰμι.

I am nothing.

Assertion #2

If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

κἂν ψωμίσω πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μου

And if I would give away all my things

Conditions for 3d

καὶ ἐὰν παραδῶ τὸ σῶμά μου ἵνα καυχήσωμαι [BYZ: καυθήσωμαι],

and if I would hand over my body in order to be burned

ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω,

but I would not be having love,

Contrast to 3a-b

οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦμαι.

(it) was profiting nothing.

Assertion #3

The Description of Love

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

Ἡ ἀγάπη μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται ἡ ἀγάπη,

The love is being patient, the love is being kind,

Kernel

οὐ ζηλοῖ, [ἡ ἀγάπη]

The love is not jealous,

Series (negative descriptions of 4a)

οὐ περπερεύεται,

it is not boasting,

οὐ φυσιοῦται,

it is not being arrogant,

or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;

οὐκ ἀσχημονεῖ,

it is not being indecent,

οὐ ζητεῖ τὰ ἑαυτῆς,

it is not not seeking its own,

οὐ παροξύνεται,

it is not provoked,

οὐ λογίζεται τὸ κακόν,

it is not accounting evil,

it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.

οὐ χαίρει ἐπὶ τῇ ἀδικίᾳ,

it is not rejoicing on the unrighteous things,

συγχαίρει δὲ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ•

but it is rejoicing with the truth;

Contrast to 6a

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

πάντα στέγει, πάντα πιστεύει, πάντα ἐλπίζει, πάντα ὑπομένει.

it is bearing all things, it is believing all things, it is hoping all things, it is enduring all things

Series (positives)

The Superiority of Love

Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

Ἡ ἀγάπη οὐδέποτε πίπτει•

The love is never failing (lit. falling);

Kernel #2

εἴτε δὲ προφητεῖαι, καταργηθήσονται•

but whether (there is ) prophecy, it will be abolished;

Contrast to 8a

εἴτε γλῶσσαι, παύσονται•

or languages, it will cease;

εἴτε γνῶσις, καταργηθήσεται.

or knowledge, it will be abolished.

For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

ἐκ μέρους γὰρ γινώσκομεν καὶ ἐκ μέρους προφητεύομεν•

For we are knowing from a part and we are prophesying from a part;

Explanation of 8

but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.

ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ τὸ τέλειον,

but whenever the perfect thing would come,

Condition of 10b

τὸ ἐκ μέρους καταργηθήσεται.

that which is from part will be abolished.

Adjunctive to 9

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.

ὅτε ἤμην νήπιος,

When I was a child,

Illustration of 8

ἐλάλουν ὡς νήπιος, ἐφρόνουν ὡς νήπιος, ἐλογιζόμην ὡς νήπιος•

I was speaking as a child, I was thinking as a child, I was thinking as a child;

ὅτε γέγονα ἀνήρ,

When I have become a man,

κατήργηκα τὰ τοῦ νηπίου.

I have abolished the things of a child.

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

βλέπομεν γὰρ ἄρτι διʼ ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι,

For we are seeing now through a mirror in a riddle,

Application #1 of 8

τότε δὲ πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον•

but then, face to face;

ἄρτι γινώσκω ἐκ μέρους,

Now I am knowing from a part,

Application #2 of 8

τότε δὲ ἐπιγνώσομαι καθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην.

but then, I will come to know just as also I was fully known.

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Νυνὶ δὲ μένει πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη, τὰ τρία ταῦτα•

But now faith, hope, and love is remaining, these three things;

Conclusion of 8-12

μείζων δὲ τούτων ἡ ἀγάπη.

but the greatest of these (is) the love.

Ἐὰν ταῖς γλώσσαις τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαλῶ καὶ τῶν ἀγγέλων, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, γέγονα χαλκὸς ἠχῶν ἢ κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον.

καὶ ἐὰν ἔχω προφητείαν καὶ εἰδῶ τὰ μυστήρια πάντα καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γνῶσιν καὶ ἐὰν ἔχω πᾶσαν τὴν πίστιν ὥστε ὄρη μεθιστάναι, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐθέν εἰμι.

κἂν ψωμίσω πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μου καὶ ἐὰν παραδῶ τὸ σῶμά μου ἵνα καυχήσωμαι, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦμαι.

Ἡ ἀγάπη μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται ἡ ἀγάπη, οὐ ζηλοῖ, [ἡ ἀγάπη] οὐ περπερεύεται, οὐ φυσιοῦται,

οὐκ ἀσχημονεῖ, οὐ ζητεῖ τὰ ἑαυτῆς, οὐ παροξύνεται, οὐ λογίζεται τὸ κακόν,

οὐ χαίρει ἐπὶ τῇ ἀδικίᾳ, συγχαίρει δὲ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ•

πάντα στέγει, πάντα πιστεύει, πάντα ἐλπίζει, πάντα ὑπομένει.

Ἡ ἀγάπη οὐδέποτε πίπτει• εἴτε δὲ προφητεῖαι, καταργηθήσονται• εἴτε γλῶσσαι, παύσονται• εἴτε γνῶσις, καταργηθήσεται.

ἐκ μέρους γὰρ γινώσκομεν καὶ ἐκ μέρους προφητεύομεν•

ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ τὸ τέλειον, τὸ ἐκ μέρους καταργηθήσεται.

ὅτε ἤμην νήπιος, ἐλάλουν ὡς νήπιος, ἐφρόνουν ὡς νήπιος, ἐλογιζόμην ὡς νήπιος• ὅτε γέγονα ἀνήρ, κατήργηκα τὰ τοῦ νηπίου.

βλέπομεν γὰρ ἄρτι διʼ ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι, τότε δὲ πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον• ἄρτι γινώσκω ἐκ μέρους, τότε δὲ ἐπιγνώσομαι καθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην.

Νυνὶ δὲ μένει πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη, τὰ τρία ταῦτα• μείζων δὲ τούτων ἡ ἀγάπη.

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