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Description
A setting of 1 Corinthians 13 for soprano with piano and ‘cello accompaniment. SATB and SA arrangements are also available. Difficulty: 2/5. Duration: 4 minutes.

Text
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,
but have not love,
I am only a resounding gong and 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,
Love leaves envy far behind.
Never boastful, proud or rude,
Love rejoices with the truth.

Slow to anger, stores no wrongs,
Love will never seek its own.
Love does not delight in sin.
It bears all things, believes all things,
Love hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails. Love never fails.
Love never fails.

Prophecies someday will cease.
As for tongues, they will be stilled.
Knowledge, it will pass away,
Yet love remains, it hopes all things,
Believes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails. Love never fails.
Love, love never fails.

—I Corinthians 13:1-8 NIV, adapted by J.A.C. Redford
© Copyright 1998 by J.A.C. Redford. All rights reserved.

Commission and Performance History
Love Never Fails premiered at the wedding of Jeramy and Jerusha Redford Clark on September 5, 1997 at the First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, California. It has been recorded by Ian Redford, with Carolyn Litchfield and Howie Stevenson for Ms. Litchfield’s CD Wondrous Love (jckjlitch@juno.com), as well as Doris Fuqua for her CD Morning (CladieBea@aol.com).