"Love Chapter" Blessing...
I Corinthians 13 is commonly referred to as "The Love Chapter." Though a theologian might point out that the author was not referring to marital love at all, still the words ring true for loving couples and are a traditional feature in many wedding ceremonies.
Below are various wordings of verses 4-8a, the passage selected most commonly.
- Love is always patient and kind; love is never jealous; love is not boastful or conceited,
- It is never rude and never seeks its own advantage, it does not take offense or store up grievances.
- Love does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but finds its joy in the truth.
- It is always ready to make allowances, to trust, to hope and to endure whatever comes.
- Love never comes to an end.
- Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast;
- It is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
- It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
- Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
- Love never ends.
- Love is patient, love is kind, love is not jealous;
- Love does not brag and is not arrogant, it does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, it is not provoked, and it does not take into account a wrong suffered,
- It does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
- For love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things,
- But above all, love never fails."
- Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud.
- Love is never haughty or selfish or rude.
- Love does not demand it's own way. Love is not irritable or touchy. Love does not hold grudges and will hardly notice when others do it wrong.
- Love is never glad about injustice, but rejoices whenever truth wins out.
- If you love someone, you will be loyal to them no matter what the costs. You will always believe in them, always expect the best in them, and will always stand your ground in defending them.
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