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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:23:15 -0400
From:         "DOUGL, APPARENTLY." <STCHRI@SSCVAX.CIS.MCMASTER.CA>
Subject:      Re: before birth...

Ruth:

This text, from 1 Corinthians, is one I have long pondered
over, not for its message, but for the often vitriolic
point of view of its messenger. Paul is, for this Gay former Catholic,
the most difficult of Christians to deal with philosophically.

But abiding by the principles of this text is a perspective
I deeply respect.


 Corinthians 13:1  Though I speak with the tongues
of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am
become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13:2  And though I have the gift of
prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all
knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I
could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am
nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:3  And though I bestow all my
goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body
to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth
me nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:4  Charity suffereth long, and is
kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not
itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 13:5  Doth not behave itself
unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily
provoked, thinketh no evil;
1 Corinthians 13:6  Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but
rejoiceth in the truth;
1 Corinthians 13:7  Beareth all things, believeth
all things, hopeth all things, endureth all
things.
1 Corinthians 13:8  Charity never faileth: but
whether there be prophecies, they shall fail;
whether there be tongues, they shall cease;
whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
1 Corinthians 13:9  For we know in part, and we
prophesy in part.
1 Corinthians 13:10  But when that which is
perfect is come, then that which is in part shall
be done away.
>> 1 Corinthians 13:11  When I was a child, I
spake as a child, I understood as a child, I
thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put
away {childish} things.
1 Corinthians 13:12  For now we see through a
glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know
in part; but then shall I know even as also I am
known.
1 Corinthians 13:13  And now abideth faith, hope,
charity, these three; but the greatest of these is
charity.
1 Corinthians 13:1  Though I speak with the
tongues of men and of angels, and have not
charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a
tinkling cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13:2  And though I have the gift of
prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all
knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I
could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am
nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:3  And though I bestow all my
goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body
to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth
me nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:4  Charity suffereth long, and is
kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not
itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 13:5  Doth not behave itself
unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily
provoked, thinketh no evil;
1 Corinthians 13:6  Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but
rejoiceth in the truth;
1 Corinthians 13:7  Beareth all things, believeth
all things, hopeth all things, endureth all
things.
1 Corinthians 13:8  Charity never faileth: but
whether there be prophecies, they shall fail;
whether there be tongues, they shall cease;
whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
1 Corinthians 13:9  For we know in part, and we
prophesy in part.
1 Corinthians 13:10  But when that which is
perfect is come, then that which is in part shall
be done away.
>> 1 Corinthians 13:11  When I was a child, I
spake as a child, I understood as a child, I
thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put
away {childish} things.
1 Corinthians 13:12  For now we see through a
glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know
in part; but then shall I know even as also I am
known.
1 Corinthians 13:13  And now abideth faith, hope,
charity, these three; but the greatest of these is
charity.


[This excerpt was retrieved from God's Word for Windows, an easy to
use database of the King James Bible. Anyone wishing info on where to
get an evaluation copy by anonymous ftp should drop me a note.]

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