That is not a suggestion! It is a
commandment. It is THE command—
HEAVEN's command, heaven's plan!
Now let's look at 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 in
the AMPC:
4 LOVE ENDURES LONG AND IS PATIENT
AND KIND; LOVE NEVER IS ENVIOUS
NOR BOILS OVER WITH JEALOUSY, IS
NOT BOASTFUL OR VAINGLORIOUS,
DOES NOT DISPLAY ITSELF HAUGHTILY.
5 IT IS NOT CONCEITED (ARROGANT
AND INFLATED WITH PRIDE); IT IS NOT
RUDE (UNMANNERLY) AND DOES NOT
ACT UNBECOMINGLY. LOVE (GOD'S
LOVE IN US) DOES NOT INSIST ON ITS
OWN RIGHTS OR ITS OWN WAY, FOR IT
IS NOT SELF-SEEKING; IT IS NOT
TOUCHY OR FRETFUL OR RESENTFUL; IT
TAKES NO ACCOUNT OF THE EVIL DONE
TO IT [IT PAYS NO ATTENTION TO A
SUFFERED WRONG].
6 IT DOES NOT REJOICE AT INJUSTICE
AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT
REJOICES WHEN RIGHT AND TRUTH
PREVAIL.
7 LOVE BEARS UP UNDER ANYTHING
AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES, IS
EVER READY TO BELIEVE THE BEST OF
EVERY PERSON, ITS HOPES ARE
FADELESS UNDER ALL
CIRCUMSTANCES, AND IT ENDURES
EVERYTHING [WITHOUT WEAKENING].
8 LOVE NEVER FAILS [NEVER FADES
OUT OR BECOMES OBSOLETE OR
COMES TO AN END]. AS FOR PROPHECY
35 BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT
YE ARE MY DISCIPLES, IF YE HAVE LOVE
ONE TO ANOTHER.
(THE GIFT OF INTERPRETING THE DIVINE
WILL AND PURPOSE), IT WILL BE
FULFILLED AND PASS AWAY; AS FOR
TONGUES, THEY WILL BE DESTROYED
AND CEASE; AS FOR KNOWLEDGE, IT
WILL PASS AWAY [IT WILL LOSE ITS
VALUE AND BE SUPERSEDED BY
TRUTH].
Did you notice the phrase "God's Love
in us"? Yes! Look at what else the
Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 5:5:
"And hope maketh not ashamed;
because the Love of God is shed
abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost
which is given unto us."
There you have it! LOVE NEVER FAILS,
AND IT NEVER ENDS! So Love-filled
faith never fails because we find in
Galatians 5:5-6:
5 FOR WE THROUGH THE SPIRIT WAIT
FOR THE HOPE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BY
FAITH.
6 FOR IN JESUS CHRIST NEITHER
CIRCUMCISION AVAILETH ANY THING,
NOR UNCIRCUMCISION; BUT FAITH
WHICH WORKETH BY LOVE.
Faith works by Love, and 1 John 4:18
says it casts out fear:
18 THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE; BUT
PERFECT [MATURE] LOVE CASTETH OUT
FEAR: BECAUSE FEAR HATH TORMENT.
HE THAT FEARETH IS NOT MADE
PERFECT IN LOVE.
Who fears? The AMPC makes it a little
clearer:
