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