1 Corinthians 13:1 · WEB
“If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.”
— 1 Corinthians 13:1
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Apostolic Era (~50 AD)
Emotion
deciding
Type
teaching
Emotional genome
Comfort power
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love priorityemptiness without lovespiritual gifts
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