I mentioned that Love never steals. It
also never fails. Let's look at this
bloodbacked covenant statement and
promise in 1 Corinthians 13:3-8 in the
AMPC:
CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON
A TREE (IS CRUCIFIED);
14 TO THE END THAT THROUGH [THEIR
RECEIVING] CHRIST JESUS, THE
BLESSING [PROMISED] TO ABRAHAM
MIGHT COME UPON THE GENTILES, SO
THAT WE
THROUGH FAITH MIGHT [ALL]
RECEIVE [THE REALIZATION OF] THE
PROMISE OF THE [HOLY] SPIRIT.
3 EVEN IF I DOLE OUT ALL THAT I HAVE
[TO THE POOR IN PROVIDING] FOOD,
AND IF I SURRENDER MY BODY TO BE
BURNED OR IN ORDER THAT I MAY
GLORY, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE (GOD'S
LOVE IN ME), I GAIN NOTHING.
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
(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VALUE AND BE SUPERSEDED BY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].
Love never fails, fades out or becomes
obsolete. It never ends! I realized years
ago that
faith, hope and Love are
spiritual forces that are alive in my
spirit, so The LORD led me to
begin
confessing those Love statements as
my own. For example, I say, "I endure
LOVE
WORKS BY
Faith
