⁴ Love is patient,^(A) love is kind. Love does not envy,^(B) is not boastful, is not arrogant,^{(C) 5} is not rude, is not self-seeking,^(D) is not irritable,^(E) and does not keep a record of wrongs. ⁶ Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth.^{(F) 7} It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures^(G) all things.

⁸ Love never ends.^(H) But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.

⁸ The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

⁸ Above all, maintain constant love^(A) for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.^[a](B)

³⁴ “I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another. ³⁵ By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love^(A) one another.”

Another Counselor Promised

¹⁵ “If you love me, you will keep^[a] my commands.^(A)