Love

Love is never tired of waiting;
Love is kind;
Love has no envy;
Love has no high opinion of itself,
Love has no pride;
Love's ways are ever fair,

It takes no thought for itself;
It is not quickly made angry,
It takes no account of evil;
It takes no pleasure in wrong doing,
But has joy in what is true;

Love has the power of undergoing all things,
Having faith in all things,
Hoping all things.

Though the prophet's word may come to an end,
Tongues come to nothing,
And knowledge have no more value,
Love has no end.

For our knowledge is only in part,
And the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true:
But when that which is complete is come,
Then that which is in part will be no longer necessary.

When I was a child,
I made use of a child's language,
I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts:
Now that I am a man,
I have put away the things of a child.

For now we see things in a glass, darkly;
But then face to face:
Now my knowledge is in part;
Then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.
But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three;
And the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13 (4-13)