 | 822 pages
...accomplished for which miracles were wrought. Their cessation was foretold by Paul in 1 Cor. xiii. "And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three ; but the greatest of these is love." The mighty powers of faith, hope, and love will continue as long as the world lasts. Christians can... | |
 | 1846 - 512 pages
...beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Love never faileth." " Now abideth faith, hope, love, these three ; but the greatest of these is love." Spoken of " charity," a part of the life and expression of the likeness is lost ; spoken of love, the... | |
 | 1846 - 880 pages
...the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing." " And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three ; but the greatest of these is love." Love is pre-eminently of God ; for " God is love :" and " he that dwelleth in love, dwellethin God,... | |
 | 1847 - 592 pages
...believeth all things ; hopeth all things ; endureth all things ; love never faileth, &c. &c. Now abides faith, hope, love, these three : but the greatest of these is love.|| — Beloved, let us love one another ; for love is of God ; and every one that loveth is born of God,... | |
 | 1848 - 642 pages
...give than to receive" — words which, in this connection, are synonymous with those of the Apostle, " Now abideth faith, hope, love — these three ; but the greatest of these is love." Oh ! let us seek more of the spirit of Christ. While we seek to be the humble, grateful, delighted... | |
 | 1848 - 156 pages
...Covet therefore earnestly the | best | gifts, And yet shew I unto you a | more | excellent [ way* Fcf now abideth faith, hope, love, | these | three ; But the | greatest of | these is | love. 90. 'THE | Lord is | risen: He I • is I risen in Christ is risen | from the | dead : And is become... | |
 | 1849 - 588 pages
...pursued in the restoration of the gospel ? Farewell ! E. LOVE, THE PRE-EMINENT GRACE. " AND now abide faith, hope, love — these three, but the greatest of these is love." When the Messiah ascended up on high, having first descended into the lower parts of the earth, he... | |
 | William Adams - 1850 - 392 pages
...darkly, but then face to face, now I know in part, but then shall I know even as also I am known ; and now abideth faith, hope, love, these three, but the greatest of these is love. The same feeling is manifested also in St. John the Divine. In him manifestly the highest and loftiest... | |
 | Thomas Peter Akers - 1851 - 538 pages
...Apostle expressly states, that love is bettor than hope, and better than faith, in itself considered. " Now abideth faith, hope, love, these three, but the greatest of these is love." Faith, working by hope, is often enfeebled by the remoteness and dimness of the things hoped for. Faith,... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - 1852 - 828 pages
...ought to be believed. In this view we see the force and propriety of his concluding words, — "And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three ; but the greatest of these is love." Love is the greatest, as faith and hope are comprehended in love as the active nature, life, and essence... | |
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I understood as a child, I thought as a child : but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 
