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    Hymn to Charity (1 Cor 13:1-13) "Exegesis and Application To Daily Life"
    (Tangaza University College, 2002-02) Nzengele Louis-Marie, Lutomantima
    This work is an exegetical investigation that analyses I Cor 13, 1-13 in order to reveal the original message, which Paul communicates. It unveils a clear idea of love according to Paul This Pauline message is relevant for us today, and this same message of Paul is a message that our own societies may still need to hear. This text, which inspired me to investigate this topic, is not an island in the middle of the sea. Surely, it has some historical setting and clearly there is a basic motivation behind this redaction. This is why we need to place some delimitations on our investigation of the text in order to be precise in our presentation. Textual criticism will be the second stage. In this part, we will look at some commentaries, and then see where authors agree and disagree. In the third part we will examine the form and structure of this text. In the fourth part, we will look and consider some parallel texts in the Bible, which are relevant to this text. Now it is important to know when, where and why Saint Paul wrote this beautiful hymn in praise of charity. This will lead us to the study of the historical setting of the text and its context. Finally, we will evaluate this text in some brief concluding remarks.