1 Corinthians 16:14
16:14 Everything you do should be done in love.
1 Corinthians 13:4
13:4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.
1 Corinthians 13:13
13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 4:21
4:21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline
1 or with love and a spirit of gentleness?
1 Corinthians 16:24
16:24 My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus. 2
1 Corinthians 13:8
13:8 Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.
1 Corinthians 8:1
Food Sacrificed to Idols
8:1 With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that “we all have knowledge.” 3 Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
1 tn Grk “rod.” Context indicates that this rod will be used for disciplinary purposes.
1 tc Although the majority of mss (א A C D Ψ 075 Ï lat bo) conclude this letter with ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”), such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Although far fewer witnesses lack the valedictory particle (B F 0121 0243 33 81 630 1739* 1881 sa), their collective testimony is difficult to explain if the omission is not authentic.
1 sn “We all have knowledge.” Here and in v. 4 Paul cites certain slogans the Corinthians apparently used to justify their behavior (cf. 6:12-13; 7:1; 10:23). Paul agrees with the slogans in part, but corrects them to show how the Corinthians have misused these ideas.