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The Passion of the Christ: Love Demonstrated at the Cross - Christocentric (1 Corinthians 13)

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The Passion of the Christ depicts love in action through suffering: patient under mockery, kind to His mother and John, not keeping record of Peter's denials, bearing the cross, believing in the Father's plan, hoping for resurrection, enduring all things. First Corinthians 13 is fully revealed in Christ. When Paul writes "love is patient," he describes Jesus. "Love keeps no record of wrongs"—"Father, forgive them." "Love never fails"—the resurrection proves it. To understand Christian love, look at the cross. Every virtue in this chapter is Jesus. We love because we've seen love embodied, crucified, and risen.

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1 Corinthians 13

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