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Love never fails. for some clarification on this passage in 1 Corinthians, let’s put our Big Greek Thinking Caps on for a few minutes (I promise it will be painless). In fact, to prove that anyone can do the same thing I am doing below because it’s nothing fancy, I put the links to the webpages I used for the research… just click on the words or verses if you are interested. OK, Let’s take the three words in reverse order:
- Fails - the word “fails” comes from the Greek ekpipto which means “to fall, or to perish.” Like a leaf or a flower that falls of, dries out, and dies.
- Never - the word “never” comes from the Greek word oudepote and means “not at any time” but it is not talking about frequency, like: how often does love fail? never, it’s always successful! No, it is talking about time or duration, like: at what time will love stop- 6pm? not at any time! not when Jesus went back to Heaven, not when He comes back, not ever!
- Love - the lord “love” comes from the Greek agape which means.. well, “brotherly love” :) It is a perfect and intimate love, like you would have with your best friend, or close relative. It’s deeper than saying “I love tacos.”
Love Never Fails. This verse is saying love will never die. It will never go away. Ever. It is NOT talking about the success of love, or how you will always win at whatever you do if you love… no, Paul is telling us to keep our focus on the right thing. God IS Love… God is eternal, and since God IS love, love will never die or stop. We will begin to understand love a lot better when we get to heaven and see love face to face - that’s for sure! - but our job is to love NOW. What are you doing to love those around you?
