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1 Corinthians 13:13

哥林多前书 13:13

The Passage

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

In the other language

如今常存的有信，有望，有爱这三样，其中最大的是爱。

Theme

The greatest is love

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Many readers arrive here from a real question. These are reflections for how this passage speaks to the questions people bring most often — not an answer about what will happen, but an invitation to sit with it slowly.

How do I face this season of pressure at work?

When everything feels urgent, it can be hard to remember what matters beyond getting through the day. This verse does not offer a plan for workplace pressure; it names faith, hope, and love as what remains, with love greatest among them. That gives you something to consider beneath the demands for speed, recognition, or flawless performance. Your work matters, but meeting every expectation is not the only measure worth attending to. You might pause before the next task and notice the people affected by how you carry it out. This verse offers no plan for workplace pressure. How much of your attention could turn toward the faith, hope, and love that remain amid today's demands?

Carry thisLove matters more than the need to prove yourself.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

I want to learn to love better in this relationship.

Among faith, hope, and love, this verse gives love the greatest place. That can gently reorder what you are trying to achieve in a relationship. Being understood, being right, or feeling secure may matter deeply to you, but none of them alone is the same as loving another person. The verse does not give a technique for resolving your differences. It offers a priority you can return to when several desires compete for your attention. You can bring your hopes and convictions before God while asking whether your words make room for the other person's dignity. Which desire in this relationship might you hold more lightly so that love can have the greatest place?

Carry thisLove matters more than winning the point between you.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

What do I need to let go of in the coming weeks?

Three things remain in this verse: faith, hope, and love. Of these, love is called the greatest. It does not identify a particular possession, plan, or relationship for you to release, but it gives you a measure for what matters. As you consider the coming weeks, you might notice how much energy goes toward appearing successful, being right, or keeping everything under control. Those concerns are not the same as love, even when they feel urgent. The verse invites you to consider what deserves your attention, rather than simply what demands it. This verse offers no method for finding stillness. How might you make room to attend to love amid your busyness?

Carry thisFaith, hope, and love remain — the rest is not the measure.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

How can I find stillness in a busy life?

Among everything that competes for your attention, Paul names three things that remain: faith, hope, and love. This verse does not offer a method for becoming still, but it offers a measure for what deserves your attention. Not every urgent thing carries the same weight. You can bring your crowded day before God and notice how much energy goes into appearing successful, keeping up, or avoiding disappointment. The greatest thing named here is love, not productivity. A moment of stillness can become space to remember that distinction, without dismissing your responsibilities. This verse offers no method for finding stillness. What in your busy day might look different if love mattered more than getting everything done?

Carry thisLove matters more than the measure of your productivity.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

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1 Corinthians 13 — in context

7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;

10but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.

11When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.

12For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

13But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

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