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== Pauline Definition <ref>http://studylove.org/18HEAGA3.HTM#c</ref> ==

== Pauline Definition ==

Henry Drummond referred to 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 when he wrote,<blockquote>As you have seen a man of science take a beam of light and pass it through a crystal prism, as you have seen it come out on the other side of the prism broken up into its component colors—red, and blue, and yellow, and violet, and orange, and all the colors of the rainbow—so Paul passes this thing, Love, through the magnificent prism of his inspired intellect, and it comes out on the other side broken up into its elements.</blockquote>

Henry Drummond referred to 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 when he wrote,<blockquote>As you have seen a man of science take a beam of light and pass it through a crystal prism, as you have seen it come out on the other side of the prism broken up into its component colors—red, and blue, and yellow, and violet, and orange, and all the colors of the rainbow—so Paul passes this thing, Love, through the magnificent prism of his inspired intellect, and it comes out on the other side broken up into its elements.</blockquote>

The Pauline definition in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7:

The Pauline definition in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7:

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== Clementine Definition ==

== Clementine Definition <small><ref>http://studylove.org/18HEAGA2.HTM#l</ref></small> ==

In the early Christian writer Clement's Epistle to the Corinthians, we read:

In the early Christian writer Clement's Epistle to the Corinthians, we read:

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== Christian Commentators ==

== Christian Commentators <small><ref>http://studylove.org/18HEAGA3.HTM#c</ref></small> ==

*Barnes & Murphy:  There were contentions and strifes among [the Corinthians]; there were of course suspicions, and jealousies, and heart-burnings; there would be unkind judging, the imputation of improper motives, and selfishness; there were envy, and pride, and boasting, all of which were inconsistent with love; and Paul therefore evidently designed to correct these evils, and to produce a different state of things by showing them what would be produced by the exercise of love.

*Barnes & Murphy:  There were contentions and strifes among [the Corinthians]; there were of course suspicions, and jealousies, and heart-burnings; there would be unkind judging, the imputation of improper motives, and selfishness; there were envy, and pride, and boasting, all of which were inconsistent with love; and Paul therefore evidently designed to correct these evils, and to produce a different state of things by showing them what would be produced by the exercise of love.

*Joseph Beet:  Whereas gifts without love are worthless, love even without gifts retains its value undiminished. No stronger proof of the value of love can be given. ... It is a principle of action prompting us to use our powers and opportunities for the good of others, and to draw them to us that we may share, and thus remove, their sorrow, and that they may share our good. This principle appears, more or less perfect and intelligent, in all true human love. It is the mainspring of the entire activity of God. And so far as it rules our conduct are we like God.  

*Joseph Beet:  Whereas gifts without love are worthless, love even without gifts retains its value undiminished. No stronger proof of the value of love can be given. ... It is a principle of action prompting us to use our powers and opportunities for the good of others, and to draw them to us that we may share, and thus remove, their sorrow, and that they may share our good. This principle appears, more or less perfect and intelligent, in all true human love. It is the mainspring of the entire activity of God. And so far as it rules our conduct are we like God.