I Corinthians 13

“For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face” (12). Love, Paul explains, is inseparable from humility. Love “is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking” (4-5). Love includes remembering that we see and know imperfectly, so we do not always have to be right. Our identity is not in our own spirituality, knowledge, or expertise (1-3), but in belonging to God’s family.

“I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known” (12). Secure in the fact that we are fully known and loved by God, we can risk loving one another.