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.
