--- title: Paul, his letters and the way of love — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Paul, his letters and the way of love», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Saul hunted down the first Christians and approved the killing of Stephen. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / Paul, his letters and the way of love # Paul, his letters and the way of love Lesson 20 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 22 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/0/) — Saul hunted down the first Christians and approved the killing of Stephen. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/1/) — Then on the road to Damascus a bright light blinded him and Jesus spoke to him; he became a follower and was later called Paul. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/2/) — Paul travelled across the Roman world starting churches, and was shipwrecked, beaten and put in prison, yet he kept going. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/3/) — He wrote letters to the churches — to the Romans, the Corinthians, the Galatians and more — and they are now part of the New Testament. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/4/) — His most famous words are about love: love is patient and kind, not jealous, boastful, proud or rude, and without love even great gifts and cleverness are nothing. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/5/) — «These three remain: faith, hope and love. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/6/) — But the greatest of these is love.» - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/7/) — Paul taught that the Church is like a body where every part is needed, that all are one in Christ — neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female — and that the Spirit grows good character like fruit. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/8/) — For a child today it means: no one is beyond change, nobody in the class is unimportant, nobody is worth less, and love is shown in everyday actions, not only in feelings. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/9/) — Saul hunted down the first Christians and approved the killing of Stephen. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/10/) — On the road to Damascus a bright light blinded Saul and Jesus spoke to him; he became a follower and was later called Paul. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/11/) — A «Damascus road» moment means a complete change of mind. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/12/) — Paul travelled across the Roman world starting churches, and was shipwrecked, beaten and imprisoned. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/13/) — Paul wrote letters to churches, such as Romans, Corinthians and Galatians, which are now part of the New Testament. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/14/) — 1 Corinthians 13 says love is patient and kind, and not jealous, boastful, proud or rude. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/15/) — Paul wrote that without love a person is only «a clanging cymbal», however great their gifts and knowledge. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/16/) — Paul wrote, «These three remain: faith, hope and love. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/17/) — But the greatest of these is love». - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/18/) — Paul said the Church is like a body: every part, eye, hand or foot, is needed. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/19/) — Galatians 3:28 says, «There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus». - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/20/) — The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Galatians 5). - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/21/) — Christians believe the Holy Spirit grows good character in people, like fruit on a tree. - ← previous: [Easter and Pentecost](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/19-easter-and-pentecost/) - next →: [What Christians believe: God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)