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though I give my body to be burned and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 17
I may speak in the human language and in the language of angles but in the absence of love I am like a big ging and cymbal which simply jingle. If I am blessed to predict, I know all mysterious things; I possess all sorts of knowledge; I am so confident that I can remove even the great mountain but these all in vain, if I have no love. As charity I may expend all of my property, I may offer even my body to be burned, but in the absence of love I cannot achieve anything.
“Love possesses tolerance and kindness Love neither envies nor over estimates nor shows vanity. Love never ill-treats. Love is not selfish. Love neither annoys nor accounts for the bad names, Love enjoys pleasure for own good conduct not for other's sins. (Love ) Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 7."18
Prediction will vanish, language will be silent, knowledge will finish but love will never come to its end. For, our predictions and knowledge are incomplete and when the completeness will be achieved the incompleteness will be gone.19
Theory of Non-opposition - Theory of love is strengthened by the theory of Non-opposition. So Christ has told :
"Therefore, if then bring they gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way first be reconciled to thy brother and then come and after thy gift."20
Suppose a person is ready to perform some religious activity but his brother is angry with him for the performance to be held. Then he should take first his brother in confidence before that worship, otherwise their love may be disturbed.
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