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Faith Confessions – Love Chapter

1 Cor 13:4-8 (The Living Bible)

______________ is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude.

______________ does not demand it’s own way.

______________ is not irritable or touchy.

______________ does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong.

______________ is never glad about injustice, but rejoices whenever truth wins out.

If ________________ loves someone he/she will be loyal to them no matter what the cost.

______________will always believe in them, always expect the best of them, and always stand his/her ground in defending them.

1 Cor 13:4-8 (The Message Translation)

______________endures long and is patient and kind;

______________ never is envious nor boils over with jealousy,

_______________is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.

______________is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride);

_____________ is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly.

_____________ (God’s love in us) does not insist on his/her own rights or his/her own way,

for _______________ is not self-seeking;

________________is not touchy or fretful or resentful;

________________ takes no account of the evil done to him/her

[_______________ pays no attention to a suffered wrong].

________________does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.

________________ bears up under anything and everything that comes,

________________is ever ready to believe the best of every person,

________________’s hopes are fadeless under all circumstances,

and ________________ endures everything [without weakening].

________________’s love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end].