The chapter describes the love of Christ as the greatest virtue, emphasizing that true love is patient, kind, and enduring, unlike selfish or fleeting affection. It teaches that believers should strive to reflect this love in their relationships, even when it is difficult, and that love is the foundation of the Christian life.
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I Corinthians 13:2I Corinthians 13:3I Corinthians 12:8I Corinthians 12:16I Corinthians 12:29I Corinthians 12:30I Corinthians 14:6II Corinthians 12:4II Peter 2:18I Corinthians 8:1Matthew 25:45Romans 14:15
Jeremiah 4:30I Corinthians 7:30I Corinthians 13:2I Corinthians 13:3II Corinthians 7:8I Corinthians 13:4
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I Corinthians 12:8I Corinthians 12:9I Corinthians 12:10I Corinthians 12:28I Corinthians 14:1I Corinthians 14:6I Corinthians 14:7I Corinthians 14:8I Corinthians 14:9Numbers 24:15Numbers 24:16Numbers 24:17
I Corinthians 13:3Jeremiah 4:30I Corinthians 7:30II Corinthians 7:8Psalms 46:2Psalms 46:3
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Matthew 6:1Matthew 6:2Matthew 6:3Matthew 6:4Matthew 23:5Luke 18:22Luke 18:28Luke 19:8Luke 21:3Luke 21:4John 12:43Galatians 5:26
I Corinthians 13:2Jeremiah 4:30I Corinthians 7:30II Corinthians 7:8II Corinthians 12:11Joshua 17:18
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Proverbs 10:12II Corinthians 6:6Galatians 5:22Ephesians 4:2Colossians 1:11Colossians 3:12II Timothy 2:25II Timothy 3:10II Timothy 4:2James 3:17I Peter 4:8Nehemiah 9:17
I Corinthians 13:13I Peter 4:8Genesis 7:14Leviticus 11:22Isaiah 10:15Genesis 1:12
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I Corinthians 7:36I Corinthians 11:13I Corinthians 11:14I Corinthians 11:15I Corinthians 11:16I Corinthians 11:18I Corinthians 11:21I Corinthians 11:22I Corinthians 14:33I Corinthians 14:34I Corinthians 14:35I Corinthians 14:36
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I Samuel 23:19I Samuel 23:20I Samuel 23:21II Samuel 4:10II Samuel 4:11II Samuel 4:12Psalms 10:3Psalms 119:136Proverbs 14:9Jeremiah 9:1Jeremiah 13:17Jeremiah 20:10
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I Corinthians 13:4Numbers 11:12Numbers 11:13Numbers 11:14Deuteronomy 1:9Proverbs 10:12Song of Solomon 8:6Song of Solomon 8:7Romans 15:1Galatians 6:2Hebrews 13:13I Peter 2:24
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I Corinthians 13:10I Corinthians 13:13Luke 22:32Galatians 5:6I Corinthians 13:1I Corinthians 12:10I Corinthians 12:28I Corinthians 12:29I Corinthians 12:30I Corinthians 14:39Acts 2:4Acts 19:6
Romans 14:8Leviticus 13:48Numbers 13:19Numbers 13:20I Kings 20:18II Chronicles 15:13
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I Corinthians 13:12I Corinthians 2:9I Corinthians 8:2Job 11:7Job 11:8Job 26:14Psalms 40:5Psalms 139:6Proverbs 30:4Matthew 11:27Romans 11:34Ephesians 3:8
Revelation 8:12Ruth 3:13I Samuel 30:24II Samuel 18:2Ezekiel 5:2Ezekiel 5:12
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I Corinthians 13:12Isaiah 24:23Isaiah 60:19Isaiah 60:20II Corinthians 5:7II Corinthians 5:8Revelation 21:22Revelation 21:23Revelation 22:4Revelation 22:5
Revelation 8:12Ruth 3:13I Samuel 30:24II Samuel 18:2Ezekiel 5:2Ezekiel 5:12
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I Corinthians 3:1I Corinthians 3:2I Corinthians 14:20Ecclesiastes 11:10Galatians 4:1
II Samuel 12:18II Kings 4:34Exodus 2:9II Samuel 12:19II Samuel 12:21II Samuel 12:22
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II Corinthians 3:18II Corinthians 5:7Philippians 3:12James 1:23Judges 14:12Judges 14:13Judges 14:14Judges 14:15Judges 14:16Judges 14:17Judges 14:18Judges 14:19
Revelation 8:12Ruth 3:13I Samuel 30:24II Samuel 18:2Ezekiel 5:2Ezekiel 5:12
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I Corinthians 3:14I Peter 1:21I John 2:14I John 2:24I John 3:9Luke 8:13Luke 8:14Luke 8:15Luke 22:32Galatians 5:6Hebrews 10:35Hebrews 10:39
I Corinthians 13:4Romans 8:24I Peter 4:8Romans 1:17I Corinthians 13:2I Thessalonians 3:6