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)

⁸ Love never fails. But where there are prophecies,^(I) they will cease; where there are tongues,^(J) they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ⁹ For we know in part^(K) and we prophesy in part,

⁴ Marriage should be honored by all,^(A) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.^{(B) 5} Keep your lives free from the love of money^(C) and be content with what you have,^(D) because God has said,

⁶ So we say with confidence,

⁷ Remember your leaders,^(G) who spoke the word of God^(H) to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate^(I) their faith. ⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.^(J)

⁹ Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.^(K) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened^(L) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,^(M) which is of no benefit to those who do so.^(N)