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If you had the world’s greatest talents or abilities, but did not use them in acts of loving service, what good would they be? Lord, help us to love.

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BibleGateway: 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 ESV Text: 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 KJV Text: The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 0:41      1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and… If you had the world’s greatest talents or abilities, but did not use them in acts of loving service, what good would they be? Lord, help us to love.

There are times when the best thing to do is nothing. In this situation, the Corinthians were urged to remain in whatever place in life the Lord had given them.

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BibleGateway: 1 Corinthians 7:12-24 ESV Text: 1 Corinthians 7:12-24 KJV Text: The section starts at about 1:19 and ends at about 2:59 12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother… There are times when the best thing to do is nothing. In this situation, the Corinthians were urged to remain in whatever place in life the Lord had given them.

Paul begins Scripture’s great chapter on marriage by warning couples against selfishness. Spouses are not their own, but they belong to their partners until death.

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BibleGateway: 1 Corinthians 7:1-11 ESV Text: 1 Corinthians 7:1-11 KJV Text: The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 1:28      1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good… Paul begins Scripture’s great chapter on marriage by warning couples against selfishness. Spouses are not their own, but they belong to their partners until death.

Joseph lived most of His life in Egypt, but He wished to rest in the land of His fathers—and more meaningfully, in the land of His God.

BibleGateway: Genesis 50:22-26 ESV Text: Genesis 50:22-26 KJV Text: The section starts at about 3:10 and ends at about 4:1      22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an… Joseph lived most of His life in Egypt, but He wished to rest in the land of His fathers—and more meaningfully, in the land of His God.

Joseph had a heart faithful to the LORD and was the “prince among his brothers,” but His strength was really in His father’s God, who helped Him (v. 25).

BibleGateway: Genesis 49:22-28 ESV Text: Genesis 49:22-28 KJV Text: The section starts at about 2:34 and ends at about 3:54      22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches… Joseph had a heart faithful to the LORD and was the “prince among his brothers,” but His strength was really in His father’s God, who helped Him (v. 25).