Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (NKJV)
Or the ESV translation below.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends.
Either way, it’s all good.
love’s a kind of feeling right. i mean there can’t really be any definition for it. i think to all of us love is a different thing. i mean like , you said love never fails. i was like thinking. you may love someone, but someone chose to like do something so wrong you got so upset you decided never to forgive him/her ever again, doesn’t your love for that person failed already?
love may endure all things. but sometimes we ourselves just can’t endure it? then doesn’t love just become a damn damn cliche word? i mean like how many of us exactly know what love really really is?
is love merely just a feeling?
if you read the whole chapter (1 Corinthians 13), you’ll note that love is pro-active action.
love is NOT just a feeling.
that’s a perception that is propagated in the mass media, yes, but is it a feeling, most definitely, NO.
we only have to review our personal experiences. when was the last time we felt truly loved? when was the last time we believed that someone truly cared for us? i will daresay it was the last time someone made a loving gesture towards us, and not the last time someone revealed that he/she felt that he/she loved you.
what i’m trying to say is that love is not merely emotion, and not not merely talk.
if you love someone, you love him or her practically.
love is measured in action.
what i believe is meant by “love never fails” has to be seen from the perspective of the person who loves. if we make the choice to keep loving a person, no matter what he or she has done, no matter how many times the person disappoints or angers, no matter the number of offences, then love never fails.
of course, the question then arises – is it possible to endure all things?
as a Christian, i would say that’s utterly possible. because Christians draw from the example of Jesus Christ and from the invincible and inexhaustible love of God himself.
it doesn’t mean we love perfectly. because we’re imperfect. but it means we can keep trying to love perfectly, because of the God who loves us perfectly, and who helps us to love perfectly.
love will not be a cliche if the love with which we love is the same kind of love that was displayed on the Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ.
agape.
self-sacrificial love.
cheeeeeem.
it’s like love, redefined(x
(: just passed by.
wow.
startled by the idea of love.
i say i admire your perspective of love.
so practical.
yet deep and touching.
yes indeed.
love, redefined.
and recognised.
love is definitely not a cliche.
bcos everyone will be able to self define their set of love.
and create love for themselves.
love would only be cliche.
if you cant get your own definition and faith in love.
against many odds. things may fall.
but love will not fail.
love can see it through.
actually.
living is loving.
Thanks for the very good reminder abt what it really means to love others in Christ. I fail many times myself… well, may God to work in us as we continue to persevere to love others the way we should.
love is beautiful,yea love is wonderful.
but it can bring sadness,if it is but one-sided.
and should the love be returned with hate…
something to think about:the japanese word for love [aijou] can (ironically) also mean sadness.
yea, words are just words.
actions mean a whole lot more.
hello jm, decided to take a look at your blog. interesting series of comments here. and its really interesting too the way the two translations just evoke different ideas (perspectives even?) on love. thanks for e meeting yest, appreciate it.
Yeah, love is not a feeling, something that cannot be truly defined I guess.
Maybe, sometimes, it is not love but just a strong feeling of like for that person…
can’t love be defined?
it’ll be somewhat depressing, if love, in its various forms and objectives the pursuit of every human, cannot be defined.
the only one who can define love is the one who is love.
so the solution, if anyone of us were to be curious about love, is to seek the one who is love, isn’t it?
now, who’s the one who’s love?
erm. it comes within? (x
Wow… Very, very, um abstract…
The one who’s love is Jesus Christ?
Home is love,and
Love is always home.
now that leaves us to ask ourselves – where is home?
mr sng, i LOVE you. I know this is really weird and stupid but from the moment I laid eyes on you, I’ve loved you ever since. I know you are about to get engaged but I can’t help it. I’ve adored every inch of your mortal being. The way you greet me bak when I greet you in school and the way you stand during the national anthem – I JUST LOVE IT! You may think this is childish and all but too bad darling! You have got to live with it!
oh my goodness.
yes mr. sng thanks for reminding us again on love:) It’s a point for reflection on my part.