We are in the process of memorizing this WHOLE chapter. I am guessing it might take us (or me) about a month or so. I am going to shoot for 2-3 verses a week. More if the kids can handle it. Their reward for memorizing this chapter will be a Beanie Baby stuffed animal. They are so into Beanie Babies right now. They are collecting quite a few, most of them bought with their own money or as gifts for Christmas.

Okay, back to 1 Corinthians 13. As we go through each verse, we are also discussing what they mean, looking up words that might not be familiar and sharing how we can apply them to our lives. We just started 3 days ago, and already have the first one memorized.

I do want to find a commentary on this chapter so I can read it and glean from it so I can better answer any questions the kids might have.

I know I memorized most of this verse as a child when I was part of Missionettes. I remember having to replace my name in the place of ‘charity’. I think I will have the kids do this also. Maybe I will even have them write it out to hang above their bed or somewhere they will see it everyday. I think I will make up a mini poster just for this.

Okay, I took a break from typing and went and created a poster for the kids to hang on the wall. I think it would also be a neat idea to have them write it out and maybe use magazines or different fonts to emphasize each description of love.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Poster (40)

So for me it would read, “Cynthia suffereth long, and is kind; Cynthia envieth not; Cynthia vaunteth not herself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave herself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easity provoked, thinketh no evil;…”

1 Corinthians 13

1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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I created these index cards to make it easier instead of feeling overwhelmed with a whole page of scripture. This way we can take them in bite-size pieces. Hey I know, I will call them “Scripture Bites.”

You can either cut them out into individual cards, or you can cut the paper across under the first and second cards, line them up in order, trim where necessary and staple on the left a few times to make a mini book. This way they are all together, but you can still focus on just the few verses you are working on at a time. This also works great for review of previous scripture because they will all be together. No fear of losing any cards.

1 Corinthians 13 Scripture Bites (38)

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