Paul finishes his reason why love is paramount to spiritual gifts in vs 8-13. Love never ends.

Paul sums up his description of love in vs 7 with 4 characteristics of love. Are we living up to God's standard of love?

Paul is trying to help these believers at Corinth in understanding the purpose of love in using their spiritual gifts. In order to help the Corinthians,Paul describes what love is. Paul gives us two positive descriptions of love followed by seven negative descriptions of what love is not.

Paul instructs the Corinthian church on how to use their spiritual gifts. They are to be used in love. In this first part we will examine why love is important when using spiritual gifts.

Do you know how to recognize a false teacher or teaching? Paul gives Timothy some instructions on what false teachers look like and how to spot one.

God gives each person a function as a member of the body of Christ so it can function in unity through their spiritual gift(s). How does the body of Christ work? How can we have unity with such diversity?

What is the manifestation of the Spirit and how does knowing that help us live in unity? We continue our journey through I Corinthians 12:7-11

What does the Corinthian church teach us about diversity and unity? Can unity be attained with diverseness of spiritual gifts? What does that look like?

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In I Corinthians 12-14 the overall theme of the spiritual gifts are for the purpose to bring unity within the body of Christ. Paul had to address some issues that these believers were taking part in how they were using their spiritual gifts and it was causing a false spirituality. How can we guard against false spirituality?