1 Corinthians 13:2 meaning and explanation

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:2, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul is writing to a divided church in Corinth that prized impressive spiritual gifts, and in this chapter he sets love above them all. Here he imagines someone with prophecy, deep insight into mysteries, complete knowledge and mountain moving faith, the kind of faith Jesus described in the Gospels.

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