Love believes all things (v.7)
“Love believes all things.” 1 Corinthians 13:7 . Paul isn’t saying that we can believe anything we like! We only need to read his letters...
Love bears all things (v.7)
“Love bears all things.” 1 Corinthians 13:7 . The word here translated “bears” literally means to cover – in its noun form it’s the word...
Love rejoices with the truth (v.6)
“Love rejoices with the truth.” 1 Corinthians 13:6 . Fallen humanity often tolerates and approves of sin in order to validate and justify...
Love is not resentful (v.5)
“Love is not resentful.” 1 Corinthians 13:5 . The ability to recall quicklythe wrongs done to us is a sign of resentment. Though in fact...
Love is not irritable (v.5)
“Love is not irritable.” 1 Corinthians 13:5 . Underlying all the things which irritate us is an irritation with God and his ways. At the...
Love denies itself for others (v.5)
“Love does not insist on its own way.” 1 Corinthians 13:5 . In our culture we are obsessed with ourselves. Seeing ourselves merely as...
Love is not rude (v.5)
“Love is not rude.” 1 Corinthians 13:5 . Secular society delights to dismiss Christianity as a myth that we need to be liberated from, in...
Love is not arrogant (v.4)
“Love is not arrogant.” 1 Corinthians 13:4 . Once again Paul tells us what love is not, in order to clarify what it is. Arrogance is...
Love does not boast (v.4)
“Love does not boast.” 1 Corinthians 13:4 . This word “boast” appears only here in the New Testament. It means to grow large but without...
Love does not envy (v.4)
“Love does not envy.” 1 Corinthians 13:4 . Envy is often the reason that we find it hard to love some people. It spoils and can even...