“So with yourselves; since you are eager for spiritual gifts, strive to excel in them for building up the church.” — 1 Corinthians 14:12

“And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13

“Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.” — Luke 7:47

“And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” — 1 Corinthians 13:2

“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.” — 1 Corinthians 12:12

“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. ” — 1 Corinthians 12:4-6

“Neither is new wine put into old wineskins; otherwise, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are destroyed; but new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.” — Matthew 9:17

“My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?” — Psalm 42:2

“Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” — Psalm 82:3-4

“Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence?” — Psalm 139:7