Without love, nothing
Because of the vast importance of this love, without which, though we spoke with the tongues of men and of angels, though we had the gift of prophecy and understood all mysteries and all knowledge, though we had all faith so as to remove mountains, yes, though we gave all our goods to feed the poor, and our very bodies to be burned, it would profit us nothing, the wisdom of God has given us, by the apostle Paul, a full and particular account of it. By considering that account we shall most clearly see who the merciful are who shall obtain mercy.
1771 text
2. Because of the vast importance of this love, without which, tho’ we spake with the tongues of men and angels, tho’ we had the gift of prophecy and understood all mysteries and all knowledge, tho’ we had all faith so as to remove mountains; yea, tho’ we gave all our goods to feed the poor, and our very bodies to be burned, it would profit us nothing: the wisdom of God has given us by the apostle Paul, a full and particular account of it: by considering which we shall most clearly discern, who are the merciful that shall obtain mercy.
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Sermon 22 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:5-7.
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