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Proverbs 15:1 says, "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." Read it (NIV, KJV), its context, and a plain reading.

These verses show gentleness as Spirit fruit, Jesus gentle and humble in heart, and soft answers that turn away wrath.

1 Peter 3:15 says, "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." Read the verse (NIV, KJV), its context, and a plain reading.

1 Corinthians 13:11 meaning: when I was a child, I spoke as a child. What put away childish things means beside partial and complete.

1 Corinthians 13:11 says when I was a child, I talked, thought, and reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. Read the verse (NIV) and a plain reading.

1 Corinthians 13:8 meaning: love never fails. What the Greek says, and why prophecies, tongues, and knowledge pass away.

1 Corinthians 13:8 says love never fails. Read the verse (NIV), a plain reading, and how it contrasts love with gifts that pass away.

1 John 4:19 says we love because he first loved us. God loved first, and our love for him and for others answers his love.