Not only this, love is the most important gift of God, the most precious, the most effective, the highest gift of all. All the other gifts of God, as incredible as they are, they pale before the gift of love. The gift of love supersedes every other gift because love gives to the expression of every other gift the quality of God s presence, joy and peace. This is why Paul says, Strive for the greater gifts, but there's a still more excellent one, the gift of love. One more thing, theologically speaking.
Love is the only gift that is complete and that lasts.
It s right here in Chapter 13. Love never ends, Paul says. All the other gifts will pass. They re temporal. Love alone is complete, eternal.