⁴ Love is patient,^(A) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.^{(B) 5} It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,^(C) it is not easily angered,^(D) it keeps no record of wrongs.^{(E) 6} Love does not delight in evil^(F) but rejoices with the truth.^{(G) 7} It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.^(H)

Love in Action

⁹ Love must be sincere.^(A) Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.^(B)

⁹ This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son^(A) into the world that we might live through him.^(B)

¹² No one has ever seen God;^(A) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.^(B)

² This is how we know^(A) that we love the children of God:^(B) by loving God and carrying out his commands.

Life by the Spirit

¹³ You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.^(A) But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh^[a];^(B) rather, serve one another^(C) humbly in love.

¹⁰ Be devoted to one another in love.^(A) Honor one another above yourselves.^(B)