The Most Excellent Way: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
The Corinthians prized tongues above all. The ecstatic utterance. The angelic language.
Paul granted the premise. Tongues of men—human languages. Tongues of angels—supernatural speech. But without love—without agape—noise. Resounding gong. Clanging cymbal. Chalkos echon. Kumbalon alalazon. Sound without substance. Volume without virtue.
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
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