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a multitude of sins. Offer hos- yourselves with compassion,
pitality to one another without kindness, humility, gentleness
grumbling. (1 Peter, 4:8-9) and patience. Bear with each
other and forgive one another if
If you love those who love you,
any of you has a grievance
what credit is that to you? Even
against someone. And over all
sinners love those who love
these virtues put on love, which
them. And if you do good to
binds them all together in per-
those who are good to you,
fect unity. (Colossians, 3:12-14)
what credit is that to you? Even
sinners do that. And if you lend If I speak in the tongues of men
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to those from whom or of angels, but do not
you expect repay- have love, I am
ment, what only a re-
credit is that s ounding
to you? Follow the way of love gong or a
Even sin- and eagerly desire gifts of clanging
ners lend the Spirit, especially (the cymbal.
to sinners, morals of) prophecy. If I have
expecting the gift of
(1 Corinthians, 14:1)
to be repaid prophecy
in full. But and can
love your ene- fathom all myster-
mies, do good to ies and all knowledge,
them, and lend to them with- and if I have a faith that can ADNAN OKTAR (HARUN YAHYA)
out expecting to get anything move mountains, but do not
back. Then your reward will be have love, I am nothing. If I
great... (Luke, 6:32-35) give all I possess to the poor and
give over my body to hardship
Therefore, as God's chosen peo-
that I may boast, but do not
ple (who have faith), holy and
have love, I gain nothing. (1
dearly loved (believers), clothe 23
Corinthians, 13:1-3)
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