1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails.
-I Corinthians 13:1-8
It can only be understood through action, which makes it something we seem to be designed to reflect, as a mirror becomes lit in its reflection of the sun. To understand the truth above along with the truth of the love we are continually receiving from a source beyond understanding is to live so free that the word's meaning becomes bigger than its definition can contain.
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