Sermons on 1 Corinthians 13:7:

Love Believes All Things Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on May 9, 2025

Love requires us to think the best of other people

INTRODUCTION SLIDE 1- MAIN SLIDE - Have you ever been betrayed, tricked, or lied to? - I would imagine all of us could sadly say yes to that. - When we observe the world around us and watch the media, we notice that everything is often portrayed in the worst possible light. - That is unless what is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love Hopes All Things: Hope Floats Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on May 16, 2025

We need hope to keep from drowning in life, hope floats.

INTRODUCTION OPENING SLIDE - Today we continue on our journey together to learn how to love better. - We are working on loving better so we can learn to love other Christians better as well as those in our community. HOPE FLOATS SLIDE - One thing I know is that if you have been paying attention to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:7, Luke 15:3-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love Is The Core

Contributed by Colin Mcgeer on May 22, 2025

I cannot meet the righteous requirements of the law on my own. There is only one way to be approved by God: believe in Jesus, God's only begotten Son. God made it possible for us to be approved. Love fulfills the law, love is at the core.

Romans 8:4 Love is the Core Romans 8:4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. In verse three, we read that Jesus condemned sin in the flesh. The sentence does not end with a full stop but continues in ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:4, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 John 4:7-8, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Agape - God's Greatest Gift Of All, Love

Contributed by Geoffrey Foot on Jun 17, 2023

God's gift of Love is the most valuable and precious gift of all and our world would be such a wonderful place if we all expressed and practiced the merits of that love in our daily lives.

Agape LOVE Today’s collect for the 2nd Sunday after Trinity is all about true LOVE and emphasises its true value: Pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of Love, the true bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whoever lives is counted dead before You. True Life is all about Love as ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-7, Romans 5:8, John 3:16

Did God Turn His Back On Jesus On The Cross?

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Jun 19, 2023

In many churches today, it is said that while Jesus was on the Cross, the Holy God poured out His wrath and turned His back, broke fellowship, and abandoned Jesus because He can't look upon sin.

In many churches today, it is said that while Jesus was on the Cross, the Holy God poured out His wrath and turned His back, broke fellowship, and abandoned Jesus because He couldn't look upon sin. The Bible teaches that there is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 43:10, 44:6-8, 45:6; James ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:46, Psalm 22:1, Psalm 139:7-8, Ephesians 2:1-7, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, Romans 8:28  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Be Imitators Of God - Living In The Light, Living By The Spirit’s Power, And Living In Spirit-Guided Relationships! Series

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jul 13, 2023

Paul reminds us to give thanks for God in all things, the submit yourselves, your identity, your position in life and then submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Who you are in Christ supersedes and guides your actions in every area of life.

Sermon: Be Imitators of God - Living in the Light, Living by the Spirit’s Power, and living In Spirit-Guided Relationships! Scripture Ephesians 5:1-2 “Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-32, John 13:34-35, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Denomination: Methodist

I Want To Know About True Love Series

Contributed by Jon Daniels on Aug 14, 2023

Based 1 John 3:11-18 - Challenges hearers to realize that TRUE love is agape' love & must be spoken & shown to all people.

“I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT TRUE LOVE” 1 John 3:11-18 FBCF – 8/13/23 Jon Daniels INTRO – HATE is such a strong word – Denotes strong, intense emotions & feelings – “intense hostility & aversion; detest, abhor, abominate, loathe.” - “I hate squash.” - “I hate math.” - “I hate the stomach ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:11-18, John 15:18-19, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, John 15:12-13, Romans 12:1, John 3:16  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

A Look At Love

Contributed by Lee Houston on Jan 9, 2025

This week’s sermon will cover one word whose understandings are central to Judeo-Christian beliefs: I will explain one English word, Love. Why? The Greek language has nine different words for Love with six of those nine translated into bible text.

Sermon: A Look at Love Specific Purpose: The writers of our New Testament wrote mostly in Greek. This sermon's purpose is to investigate the Greek words for 'love'. As pastors, we do our best to explain some point in God’s Word in each sermon. That means we must first dig into ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Hebrews 13:4, John 20:2

Go! And Love With All Your Heart - Deuteronomy 6:5 & Luke 10:27 Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jan 11, 2025

We continue our "Go! And..." series by focusing on the greatest commandment of all: to love God with everything we are.

Go! And Love with All Your Heart Deuteronomy 6:5 & Luke 10:27. Introduction Today, we continue our "Go! And..." series by focusing on the greatest commandment of all: to love God with everything we are. Our anchor texts come from Deuteronomy 6:5 and Luke 10:27. Let’s begin by reading ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:5, Luke 10:27, Matthew 22:37-38, 1 John 4:20, James 2:17, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, John 3:16  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Overcoming The Spirit Of Suspicion And Distrust Series

Contributed by Shaila Touchton on Jan 21, 2025

In today's society, it's easy to get caught up in a cycle of suspicion and distrust.

In today's society, it's easy to get caught up in a cycle of suspicion and distrust. We've all been hurt or betrayed at some point, and it's natural to want to protect ourselves from future pain. However, when this mindset becomes a dominant pattern in our lives, it can lead to a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Practical Christian Love Series

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jan 24, 2025

Christian love is not just a feeling or an emotion but an active demonstration of God’s love through our words, actions, and attitude towards others.

Title: PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN LOVE By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: 1 John 3:16-18 "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:16-18, John 13:34-35, 1 Corinthians 13:1-8, Romans 12:9-10, Galatians 5:14  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Now We See Only A Reflection

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jan 29, 2025

A sermon about the primacy of love.

“Now We See Only a Reflection” 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 When I was a freshman in college, I had a radical conversion experience, for which I am forever grateful. What happened after that was a bit more troublesome. I happened along an extreme Fundamentalist Group on campus that believed the Bible ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: United Methodist

Love: Our Beginning And End

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Feb 3, 2025

A sermon for the 4th Sunday of Epiphany, Year C

February 2, 2025 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30 Love: Our Beginning and End Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. We’ve heard today that remarkable passage from First Corinthians 13: ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Luke 4:21-30

Denomination: Lutheran

Quinquagesima (B C P). Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Feb 25, 2025

Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.

Psalm 77:11-20, Genesis 9:8-17, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Luke 18:31-43. A). REMEMBERING THE WORKS OF THE LORD. Psalm 77:11-20. PSALM 77:11. “I will remember the works of the LORD.” This we must do, for ‘Hitherto hath the LORD helped us’ (cf. 1 Samuel 7:12). ‘Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 77:11-20, Genesis 9:8-17, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Luke 18:31-43

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Love As I Have Loved

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Apr 16, 2025

People don’t naturally love with a 1 Corinthians 13 type love. To love like that, there must be a line of demarcation, a transition from casual to serious, there must be change of heart, you must be Born-Again. Love can transcend these artificial barriers that keep us separated from one another.

Love as I have Loved By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. PRAYER SCRIPTURE: - John 13:31-35 “Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify ...read more

Scripture: John 13:31-35, Leviticus 19:18, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Denomination: Apostolic