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It was the cosmic being Charity who dictated to the [[Saint Paul|apostle Paul]] the message on charity recorded in the first book of Corinthians, chapter 13: | It was the cosmic being Charity who dictated to the [[Saint Paul|apostle Paul]] the message on charity recorded in the first book of Corinthians, chapter 13: | ||
<blockquote>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. | <blockquote> | ||
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. | |||
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. | |||
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. | |||
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. | |||
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. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. | |||
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. | |||
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. | |||
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. | |||
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The final verse of this chapter makes reference to the three cosmic beings, [[Faith, Hope and Charity]], who serve together to assist mankind in the balancing of the [[threefold flame]] and in the bringing forth of the qualities of the Christ. The omission of the word ''charity'' in more recent translations of the Bible and its replacement with the word ''love'', while it may clarify the meaning for some, nevertheless excludes the name of the great cosmic being who dictated this passage and who has worked with Faith and Hope in the service of mankind since the first [[golden age]]. | The final verse of this chapter makes reference to the three cosmic beings, [[Faith, Hope and Charity]], who serve together to assist mankind in the balancing of the [[threefold flame]] and in the bringing forth of the qualities of the Christ. The omission of the word ''charity'' in more recent translations of the Bible and its replacement with the word ''love'', while it may clarify the meaning for some, nevertheless excludes the name of the great cosmic being who dictated this passage and who has worked with Faith and Hope in the service of mankind since the first [[golden age]]. | ||