Love is..

Love is very patient. It is able to endure waiting or being delayed without becoming annoyed or upset. It can persevere calmly when faced with difficulties. It’s able to tolerate difficult circumstances. It can tolerate being hurt, provoked, or annoyed, without complaint or loss of temper.

Love is kind. It has a generous and warm nature. It shows compassion. It has sympathy for the suffering of others, and it shows a desire to help them. It shows courtesy and cares about others.

Love is never jealous. It doesn’t feel suspicious about a rival’s or competitor’s influence. It doesn’t get suspicious about others in regard to a loved one. It doesn’t demand excessive loyalty.

Love is never haughty. It doesn’t behave in a superior, condescending, or arrogant way.

Love is never selfish. It’s not concerned with your own interests, needs, and wishes, while ignoring those of others.

Love is never rude. It’s not ill-mannered. It’s not disagreeable or discourteous in manner or action.

Love does not demand its own way.

Love is not irritable or touchy. It isn’t easily annoyed or exasperated. It’s not likely to become, or to make someone else, angry or upset.

Love does not hold grudges; it doesn’t hold feelings of resentment or ill will.

Love is never glad about unfair treatment that others experience. It’s happy when the truth comes out and it solves such matters.

-Skin trans 1Cor 13:4-6