commandment was: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love was the priority commandment given to the New Testament Christian. Love Is the Perfect Gift In 1 Corinthians 12:31, after Paul has talked about the gifts of the Spirit, he says, “And yet I show you a more excellent way.” This more excellent way is 1 Corinthians 13—the love chapter. This is the perfect gift. It is the more excellent way. That is the gift of love. Love Is the Permanent Virtue Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:13 that if you
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