^4 (A)Love is patient and ^(B)kind; love ^(C)does not envy or boast; it ^(D)is not arrogant

⁸ Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since ^(A)love covers a multitude of sins.

²¹ envy,^[a] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that ^(A)those who do^[b] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. ²² But ^(B)the fruit of the Spirit is ^(C)love, joy, peace, patience, ^(D)kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

^32 (A)Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, ^(B)forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

^12 (A)Put on then, as ^(B)God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, ^(C)compassionate hearts, ^(D)kindness, ^(E)humility, meekness, and patience,

¹¹ Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

¹⁶ By this we know love, that ^(A)he laid down his life for us, and ^(B)we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. ¹⁷ But ^(C)if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet ^(D)closes his heart against him, ^(E)how does God's love abide in him? ¹⁸ Little children, let us not ^(F)love in word or talk but in deed and ^(G)in truth.