Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. (Proverbs 23)
Instead of preparing people for marriage, then, the apostle [in 1 Coronthians 13] was trying desperately to show a church full of self-centered Christians that there is a better way to live–not just on your wedding day but every day for the rest of your life.
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