Paul’s description of love clearly highlights the Corinthians’ faults (and ours too…) The Corinthians were impatient, but love is patient. They were envious of others (1 Cor 3:3), whereas love doesn’t envy (‘it doesn’t want what it doesn’t have’, as the Message...

Paul shows us in 1 Cor 13 what love looks like and what it does not look like. Love is patient, showing a steadfastness which does not give up (see 1 Thess 5:14, Heb 6:15, James 5:7-8), reflecting God’s patience in wanting everyone to turn to Him in repentance. (2 Pet...

Gifts of the Spirit, which are intended to strengthen the church body, often divide the body because members of the church elevate those who possess the more visible gifts over those whose gifts function in the background. In 1 Cor 12 & 14, Paul gives practical...