If I talk with the words of a genius but do not have love, I am only a smart, lonely person 2 If I have the gift of words and can understand what people are saying to me and what they mean , and if I have an extremely high IQ, but do not have love, I am just another smartypants . 3 If I give my time and energy to help others ,but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is healthy, love is happy. It does not get angry, it does not swear, it is not mean. 5 Love does not care about what others think, it is not needy, it is not judgemental, it keeps everyone else in mind. 6 Love does not delight in drugs but finds fulfillment Jesus Christ.7 Love always repays evil with good , always helps, always builds others up, always serves.
8 Love never comes and goes. But where there are bullies, they will bully; where there are temptations, they will be avoided; where there is evil, it will die. 9 For we love one another, 10 but when we are tested we will have to love.
11 When I was child I enjoyed games , I didn’t think things through. When I became a man, I matured and started thinking more 12 For now we see what used to be; then we shall soon see what is. Now I know I am loved; then I will never forget, even as I am tested and tempted.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.