Love is patient,

love is kind.

It does not envy,

it does not boast,

it is not proud.

It is not rude,

it is not self-seeking,

it is not easily angered,

it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil

but rejoices in the truth.

It always protects,

always trusts,

always hopes,

always perserves.

Love never fails.

And now these three remain:

faith, hope and love.

But the greatest of these is

love.

1 Corinthians 13