1 Corintios 13: 4-7 (1 Corinthians 13: 4-7)

4. El amor es sufrido, es benigno; el amor no tiene envidia, el amor no es jactancioso, no se envanece;
5. no hace nada indebido, no busca lo suyo, no se irrita, no guarda rencor;
6. no se goza de la injusticia, mas se goza de la verdad.
7. Todo lo sufre, todo lo cree, todo lo espera, todo lo soporta.

• This is apostle Paul's definition of what love is, how it's suppose to be. As I read this I cannot help but think that as Paul wrote this Jesus was in his thoughts. Reason being, because this is the love that Jesus showed us.
• I must admit there is something about "el amor es sufrido, es benigno," that keeps me wondering. I cannot help but think that there is more meaning to that part. it does not fit in my mind that it is that simple, that there is more. I may be wrong, it might just be that simple.
• There is much to strive for, this being the definition of love, of God's love, the love Jesus Christ showed us, this is what I want my definition of love to be. I do not want it to just be my definition, I want to live it, I want to love like Jesus loved.

1 Corintios 13: 8-13 (1 Corinthians 13: 8-13)

8. El amor nunca deja de ser; pero las profecias se acabaran, y cesaran las lenguas, y la ciencia acabara.

• This is quite simple to understand. All the things of this earth will cease to be one day but love, the love of God is eternal, it has no ending, for God is love.

9. Porque en parte conocemos, y en parte profetizamos; 10. mas cuando venga lo perfecto, entonces lo que es en parte se acabara.

• En parte conocemos porque conocemos la palabra y lo que dice que va a acontecer. En parte profetizamos porque proclamamos que estas cosas se cumpliran antes de que sean cumplidas. Mas cuando regrese Jesucristo todas las profecias seran cumplidas. Se acabaran.

11. Cuando yo era nino, hablaba como nino, pensaba como nino, juzgaba como nino; mas cuando ya fui hombre, deje lo que era de nino.

12. Ahora vemos por espejo, obscuramente; mas entonces veremos cara a cara. Ahora conozco en parte; pero entonces conocere como fui conocido.

• Verse 11 is self-explanitory.
• Verse 12 is quite simple to understand. In this life we try to live a certain way, act a certain way, to try and portray to others who we are. We try to carry on an image. We know how a few people view us as and at times it is because of how those people see us that we change something about ourselves. But there will come the time when we will be before God and we will know the truth of how the world saw us according to His standards. The greatest thing we can do is let His love come into our hearts and be reflected in our lives so that what the world see's is His love in us.

13. Y ahora permanecen la fe, la esperanza y el amor, estos tres; pero el mayor de ellos es el amor.

• Why is love the greatest of these? Well faith is believing in what we cannot see and the day will come when what we hoped for will be revealled to us and we will go to be with the Father. In a sense they are things of the earthly lives we live now. But loves goes beyond this earthly life we live in, for God is love and He is eternal. His love, who He is surpasses all logic, all reason, therefore making it greater than all the things we can find on this earth.

1 Corintios 13: 1-3 (1 Corinthians 13: 1-3)

*Notes from the books of Psalms I get from Pastor Darlene Zschech's website. Notes on any other books I get from my own reading of scripture.

1. Si yo hablase lenguas humanas y angelicas, y no tengo amor, vengo a ser como metal que resuena, o cimbalo que retine.

• In other words if we do not have love, the words we say, be them in angelic or human tongue will mean nothing. They will be empty sounds that we ourselves will not understand if we do not have love.

2. Y si tuviese profecia, y entendiese todos los misterios y toda ciencia, y si tuviese toda la fe, de tal manera que trasladase los montes, y no tengo amor, nada soy.

• We must remember that God is love. It is through knowing God, seeking an intimate relationship with Him, that we begin to understand the real reason we are here, our true purpose in life. We could have all the knowledge, all the faith in the world, but if the love of God does not drive all that we do, all that we do will come back empty. For we may know how and why to do things but without that understand of love, of our purpose in Christ, then we are just running without knowing our true destination.

3. Y si repartiese todos mis bienes para dar de comer a los pobres, y si entregase mi cuerpo para ser quemado, y no tengo amor, de nada me sirve.

• One thing we must understand is that we cannot buy our way into heaven. Deeds alone will not guarantee we will get to heaven. If Christ is not in our hearts, deeds will not do. God is love, if He is not in us we will not get to heaven.
• It is kind of funny when you think about it. Here we are doing all these good deeds thinking that it will help us get into heaven, deeds that when we think about it costs us money or a couple of hours of our lives we could have used doing other things. Yet some refuse the gift God has given us through Jesus Christ at the cross. A gift that a) costs us nothing, a simple prayer that will b) take a minute or 2 to say. It's funny how we give so much yet we cannot accept that which cost us nothing, that which will help us to give even more than what we may already be giving.