The Greatest Love!1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Are there different kinds

of love?

YES, Absolutely!The ancient

Greeks recognized five!

Are there different kinds

of love?

YES, Absolutely!The ancient

Greeks recognized five!

Mania

This is the love of possession

Mania

This is the love of possession

ErosNot just

physical, sexual love; it actually

describes all emotional love; the ‘feeling’ of

love

ErosNot just

physical, sexual love; it actually

describes all emotional love; the ‘feeling’ of

love

PhiliaAffection or

brotherly/friendship love

PhiliaAffection or

brotherly/friendship love

Storge

The love one has for a dependent.

Commonly called “motherly

love.”

Storge

The love one has for a dependent.

Commonly called “motherly

love.”

Agapeo

A love which is entirely about

the nature of the one who loves

Agapeo

A love which is entirely about

the nature of the one who loves

The most common word for God’s love

for us is ‘agape’(I John, John 3:16)

The most common word for God’s love

for us is ‘agape’(I John, John 3:16)

…and the love we are

commanded to have for one

another(Matthew 5:44,

I Corinthians 13)

…and the love we are

commanded to have for one

another(Matthew 5:44,

I Corinthians 13)

“This lack of input from the recipient makes it possible for us to love our enemies even though we may not like them or the situation

they have put us in – because ‘agape’ love is not in any way dependent on circumstances; it says “I

love you because I choose/commit to.” (Chris

Legg)

“This lack of input from the recipient makes it possible for us to love our enemies even though we may not like them or the situation

they have put us in – because ‘agape’ love is not in any way dependent on circumstances; it says “I

love you because I choose/commit to.” (Chris

Legg)

The Apostle Paul teaches Us about the

Greatest kind of love, ‘Agape’

love!

The Apostle Paul teaches Us about the

Greatest kind of love, ‘Agape’

love!

I Corinthians 13

1 “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not

love, I have become sounding brass or a

clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of

prophecy, and understand all

mysteries and all knowledge,

I Corinthians 13

1 “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not

love, I have become sounding brass or a

clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of

prophecy, and understand all

mysteries and all knowledge,

…and though I have all faith, so that I could

remove mountains, but have not love, I am

nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to

feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me

nothing.

…and though I have all faith, so that I could

remove mountains, but have not love, I am

nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to

feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me

nothing.

4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not

puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not

seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no

evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices

in the truth;

4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not

puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not

seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no

evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices

in the truth;

7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,

endures all things. 8 Love never fails. But whether there are

prophecies, they will fail; whether there are

tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish

away.

7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,

endures all things. 8 Love never fails. But whether there are

prophecies, they will fail; whether there are

tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish

away.

9 For we know in part and we prophesy in

part. 10 But when that which is perfect has

come, then that which is in part will be done

away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man…

9 For we know in part and we prophesy in

part. 10 But when that which is perfect has

come, then that which is in part will be done

away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man…

…I put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face.

Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as

I also am known. 13 And now abide faith,

hope, love, these three; but the greatest of

these is love.

…I put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face.

Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as

I also am known. 13 And now abide faith,

hope, love, these three; but the greatest of

these is love.

‘Agape’ Love Is by Nature,

Supreme! (vv.1-3)

‘Agape’ Love Is by Nature,

Supreme! (vv.1-3)

‘Agape’ love should be our

touchstone, the founding

principle in the life of a believer!

‘Agape’ love should be our

touchstone, the founding

principle in the life of a believer!

‘Agape’ Love Is by Nature,

Demanding! (vv.4-8a)

‘Agape’ Love Is by Nature,

Demanding! (vv.4-8a)

‘Agape’ love is paradoxical in

nature; We never get there but

should always be striving,

developing, becoming, seeking it!

‘Agape’ love is paradoxical in

nature; We never get there but

should always be striving,

developing, becoming, seeking it!

‘Agape’ Love Is by Nature,

Eternal! (vv.8b-13)

‘Agape’ Love Is by Nature,

Eternal! (vv.8b-13)

‘Agape’ love is the only kind

that lasts eternally!

‘Agape’ love is the only kind

that lasts eternally!

Jesus commands

Us to love insuch a manner!

Jesus commands

Us to love insuch a manner!

John 15:12-14

“This is My commandment, that

you love one another as I have loved you.

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his

friends. You are My friends if you do

whatever I command you.”

John 15:12-14

“This is My commandment, that

you love one another as I have loved you.

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his

friends. You are My friends if you do

whatever I command you.”

The story behind the

quote…

“Never have so many, owed so

much, to so few” Winston

Churchill

The story behind the

quote…

“Never have so many, owed so

much, to so few” Winston

Churchill

The Greatest Love!1 Corinthians 13:1-13