Gaining Nothing or Gaining Love

I Corinthians 13 verse 3 says if I don't have love, "I gain nothing." In stating you gain nothing, it says even if you give all you have, which assumes you had something. It even says if you sacrifice your body, you gain nothing. In other words you gave up to gain nothing. In giving up, sacrificing, make sure you are giving up to gain and not to lose. We all don't want to give up and have it be for naught. If you don't give with love, it's no good. "Gain" here connotes trading, working. If you are working for something or trading for something, make sure it's for gain: LOVE. At the end of the day, that's the only thing worth gaining ~ or giving, love.