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1st Corninthians 13       NIV
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging
cymbal.  If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith
that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.  If I give all I possess to the poor, and surrender
my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind.  It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It is not rude, it is not
self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices
with the truth.  It always protects, always trust, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails.  But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be
stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.  For we know in part and we prophesy in part,  when
perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.  When I was a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a
child.  When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.  Now we see but a poor reflection as in a
mirror; then we shall see face to face.  Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully
known.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.  But the greatest of these is love.

Shorter-modern version
Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude.  Love does not insist on
its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.  Love bears
all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.  Love never ends.


Genesis 2:23-24
And the man said "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man."
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined
to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

Apache Marriage Blessing
Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will be the shelter for each other.  Now you will feel no cold, for
each of you will be the warmth for the other.  Now you are two persons, but there is only one life before
you.  Go now to our dwelling place to enter into the days of your life together.  And may your days be
good and long upon the earth.

Celtic Wedding Blessing
May your mornings bring joy and your evenings bring peace.
May your troubles grow few as your blessings increase.
Be no worse than the happiest day of your past.
May your hands be forever clasped in friendship
And your hearts joined forever in love.
Your lives are very special,
God has touched you in many ways.
May his blessings rest upon you
And fill all your coming days.

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