This was because it had been given to the apostles on the day of Pentecost, before any of the others. The tongues of angels are those which are perceived by the mind, not by the ear. I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind.
Truth is justice, moral rightness.
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails. Charity is eternal but the gifts are transitory. There will be no need or use for them in heaven, just as a man has no use for the toys of his childhood. At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face.