But the Greatest of These... is Love...

1 Corinthians 13:13
13 Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.

Why love is the greatest?
I was told because love is everlasting. Love is something we carry to the other side after we've gone. Faith and hope only exist here on this world. Faith fixed on devine revelation that God exists, after we're gone and met God, we would not need faith because we will be standing face to face with God. Same with hope, we have hope here on this world that there are wonderful things waiting for us in heaven, and after we're gone, the book of Revelation said that God will wipe every tear from our eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever. Hope will be fulfilled in heaven. There is no room for faith and hope when we see and enjoy.

But love...love is everlasting, for apostle John said that God is love, and where God is seen face to face, love is at the highest, made perfect and love will last forever for God is everlasting.


1 Corinthians 13:1-3
1 If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.