^4 (A)Love is patient and ^(B)kind; love ^(C)does not envy or boast; it ^(D)is not arrogant ⁵ or rude. It ^(E)does not insist on its own way; it ^(F)is not irritable or resentful;^[a]

^32 (A)“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. ³³ And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴ And ^(B)if you ^(C)lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. ³⁵ But ^(D)love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and ^(E)you will be sons of ^(F)the Most High, for ^(G)he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. ^36 (H)Be merciful, even as ^(I)your Father is merciful.