1. The valueless gifts of communication without love
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers . . . 1 Corinthians 13:1–2 (ESV)
4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Philippians 2:4 (ESV)
2. The valueless gifts of comprehension without love
2 . . . 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. 1 Corinthians 13:2 (ESV)
1 . . . This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. 2 If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. 1 Corinthians 8:1-2 (ESV)
3. The valueless gifts of confidence without love
2 . . . and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:2 (ESV)
23 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Mark 11:23 (ESV)
4. The valueless gifts of compassion without love
3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:3 (ESV)
7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.. 2 Corinthians 9:7 (ESV)
8 . . . the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. Romans 12:8 (ESV)
1 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 6:1 (ESV)