Any time you're going to talk about love from the biblical framework you end up sooner or later in this chapter. However it is important to remember that the context of this description of love is in Paul's instruction regarding the use of spiritual gifts by the members of the Church. This love is commanded and can be controlled because it is an act of the will.
In closing out the chapter, Paul shows that without love, the spiritual gifts are worthless. Love is superior to the gifts, continuing long after the gifts cease making it of much greater importance and durability.
The gifts of tongues, prophecy and knowledge - the revelatory gifts are given particular attention in this discussion of the permanency of love. In studying the gifts and love in the context of this passage we find the answer to the often asked question of what is "the perfect" Paul is referring to.
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In the fall of 1969, Gil began a full-time teaching ministry as Senior Pastor of Indian Hills Community Church. He also earned his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. The focus of Pastor Rugh’s ministry is systematic, verse-by-verse teaching of the Bible. As a...
