Tag: 1 Corinthians 13

For the love of God-St Patrick and St Paul

Saint Patrick, born in 4th century Britain, was kidnapped to Ireland but later escaped. He returned as a missionary on March 25, 433, converting many people and establishing churches despite initial conflict with local chieftains. Saint Paul, a significant biblical writer, spread Christianity around the eastern Mediterranean, emphasizing God’s love through his letters.

Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick was not born in Ireland, although he is considered the Irish patron saint. He was born in Roman-controlled Britain in the 4th century.

Kidnapped and taken as a slave to Ireland, he later escaped but returned as a missionary, bringing the Christian Gospel to Ireland.

Patrick arrived in Slane, Ireland on March 25, 433. There are several legends about what happened next, with the most prominent claiming he met the chieftan of one of the druid tribes, who tried to kill him.

After an intervention from God, Patrick was able to convert the chieftain and preach the Gospel throughout Ireland. There, he converted many people -eventually thousands – and he began building churches across the country.

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Saint Paul

Saint Paul, the Apostle Paul, was also a missionary to the part of the Roman world surrounding the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Paul identified himself as a “slave of Jesus Christ” (Romans 1:1).

Much of the New Testament contains Paul’s writings, including the letter written to the early Christians in Rome. Today, Christians read, share, and memorize these verses, which so aptly express the foundation of our faith—God’s unchanging love.

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to tose who love God Romans 8:28
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“Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love?

Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 

No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.

Romans 8:35, 37, by the Apostle Paul

 

 

 

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Greece

 These are photos from my tour of Greece, visiting the sites where the Apostle Paul started churches in the first century.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Apostle Paul wrote a letter to the church in Corinth Greece. In it he described what love truly is. It became the 13th chapter in the book of 1st Corinthians and contains these words.

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Love is-1 Corinthians 13 WYC

More than two centuries before the King James Version came into existence, Oxford professor and theologian John Wycliffe undertook the first-ever English translation of Scripture.

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 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, Wycliffe Bible

Charity is patient, it is benign; charity envieth not, it doeth not wickedly, it is not blown [it is not in-blown with pride],

it is not covetous [of worships], it seeketh not those things that be his own [it seeketh not those things that be her own], it is not stirred to wrath, it thinketh not evil,

 it joyeth not on wickedness, but it joyeth together to truth; [it joyeth not in wickedness, forsooth it joyeth together with truth;]

 it suffereth all things, it believeth all things, it hopeth all things, it sustaineth all things.

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The Wycliffe Bible

“More than two centuries before the King James Version came into existence, Oxford professor and theologian John Wycliffe undertook the first-ever English translation of Scripture. The hand-printed “Early Version” of the Wycliffe Bible, which first appeared in 1382, offered a literal translation of the Latin Vulgate. It was the first time the common people had access to Scripture in their language in more than 1,300 years.

By 1395, Wycliffe’s friend John Purvey had amended the often-unwieldy translation into a “Later Version,” which was easier to read but kept much of the poetry of the Early Version. This version, known today as the Wycliffe Bible, was widely distributed throughout England – all more than half a century before Gutenberg invented his printing press.” from BibleStudyTools.com 

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