Essentials of Love
Essentials of Love I Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient, Is kind, Love does not envy; Love does not boast, Is not arrogant; Is not rude, Does not insist on its own way; Is not irritable, Is not resentful ; Does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth; Bears all things, Believes all things, Hopes all things, Endures all things! 1 Cor 13:4-7 (ESV) The Apostle Paul opened his letter to the church in Corinth by appealing for unity, joined in mind and judgement . Their wisdom and righteousness, sanctification and spiritual redemption was to be solidly founded upon Christ Jesus. This passage is a poem, perhaps a song. If we could read Greek easily and fluently, we would enjoy the rhythm and rhyme with which Paul wrote this. Paul is appealing to both our minds and our emotions. In the Corinthian church, Paul saw immaturity, jealousy and strife . The community of Corinth thought of the Christians in Corinth as exceeding all limits of sexual im