If

I Corinthians 13:2 –

 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 do not have love, I am nothing.

I suppose one who can fathom all mysteries is indeed a person that would be well-known and liked.  People might flock to him/her to solve all of their individual problems.  The same goes for a person who has all knowledge.  They would have a hard time having a private life, because folks want mysteries solved, they want to understand life, and they want someone to tell them all of the answers.

However, we have to be careful when we go in search of mystery solvers and knowledge sharers – if love is absent.  In other words, gaining all of that insight does us no good at all if love is not present.

The verse goes on further to state that even miraculous faith (the kind that moves mountains) equates to nil – nothing – without love.

Gaining knowledge, and expressing faith, might attract people – but it won’t secure friendship. 

Love does that.