Friday, August 26, 2011

1 CORINTHIANS 13 (NLT)

AS PER ORIGINAL VERSES



1)     Though I can speak with angels voice, or with a human tongue,
2)     But have not love; it's only noise; a cymbal or a gong.
3)     Though I can freely prophesy and fathom mysteries;
Know everything; be full of faith; move mountains; all of these
4)     Mean nothing without love; though I give all that I possess
And cast my body in the flames, without love I am less
Than nothing.   Love is patient; doesn't envy; it is kind;
5)     It doesn't boast; it isn't proud; in love you will not find
 Rudeness or self-seeking; to wrath it is not prone;
It has no record of men's wrong.   No!   Love is always shown
6)     Delighting not in evil.   It's truth which love reveres;
7)     It always trusts; it always hopes, protects and perseveres.
8)     Love never fails though prophecy may cease & tongues be stilled;
9)     Though knowledge pass away - for these are partially fulfilled -
10)   When perfection comes, all imperfection disappears.
11)   As a child I thought and spoke according to my years.
When I became a man, my childish ways were left behind
12)   Now we see un-clearly.   The reflection that we find
Is poor; as in a mirror.  But, someday, face-to-face
We'll see.  For what we then will know shall totally replace
These elements of knowledge, for I'll be fully grown;
13)   Then, all which will remain is faith and hope and love alone
And, of these three , the best of all's unquestionably love
14)   vs.1 Which eagerly we'll follow as we follow God above.
Jim Strickland – dated 27th August 2011

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