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If I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don`t have love, it profits me nothing.
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The Heart's Motive Matters Most
Commentators unanimously agree that Paul's point is that even the most extreme acts of charity and self-sacrifice are worthless to God if they don't come from a heart of genuine love. Giving away all possessions or even dying a martyr's death profits a person nothing if the motive is pride, ambition, or anything other than true love for God and others.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And though I bestow. The Greek word used here (qwmizw, from qaw, to break off) meant, properly, to break off and distrib…
Bestow to feed (Ψωμισω). First aorist active subjunctive of ψωμιζω, to feed, to nourish, from ψωμος, morsel or bit, and so to feed…
19th Century
Anglican
Bestow all my goods.—The Greek word literally means to feed others by giving them morsels of food, and so we have the thought of a charity…
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Baptist
Love is a matter of the heart, and if the heart is not right with God, external acts, though they are very similar to the highest acts that flow fr…
Verse 31b introduces ch. 13. Love is the most excellent way for Christians to use their spiritual gifts. The word “love” (agape GK 27) is used in t…
16th Century
Protestant
And if I should expend all my possessions. This, it is true, is worthy of the highest praise, if considered in itself. But since liberalit…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor Of which the Jews give us instances; they say F14, that…
The excellent way discussed at the end of the previous chapter is not what is commonly meant by 'charity' (that is, almsgiving), but rather love in…
13th Century
Catholic
Having discussed the different charismatic graces and ministries that distinguish the members of the Church, the Apostle now addresses charity, whi…
