# 1 Corinthians 13 Bible study questions

> Without love, gifts and sacrifices are nothing. Love is patient and kind. Faith, hope and love remain, and the greatest is love.

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/group-questions/1-corinthians-13
10 questions for a small group or a leader. Read the chapter aloud first: https://www.lumin.faith/read/1-corinthians/13.md

## Start here

1. Who taught you the most about love?

## Look: what does it say?

2. What does Paul say is nothing without love? (1 Corinthians 13:1-3)
3. List what love is and what it is not. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
4. What will pass away, and what will remain? (1 Corinthians 13:8-13)

## Understand: what does it mean?

5. Paul wrote this to a church fighting over gifts. Why put it here? (1 Corinthians 13:1-2)
6. Many hear this at weddings. How does it read for a church or a family? (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
7. Why is love greater than faith and hope? (1 Corinthians 13:13)

## Live it: what will we do?

8. Put your name in place of love in verses 4 to 7. Which line is hardest to read? (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
9. Whose wrongs are you still keeping an account of? (1 Corinthians 13:5)
10. What is one patient or kind thing you could do for someone at home this week? (1 Corinthians 13:4)

## Close in prayer

Ask God for the one part of love each person finds hardest.

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