"Love is long-suffering and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, does not get puffed up, does not behave indecently, does not look for its own interests, does not become provoked. It does not keep account of the injury. It does not rejoice over unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails."
- 1 Corinthian 13:4-8
This is the noblest kind of love, called agape in Greek, which involves the heart and the mind. According to a reference work Insight on the Scriptures , “Aga′pe is not sentimentality, based on mere personal attachment, as is usually thought of, but is a moral or social love based on deliberate assent of the will as a matter of principle, duty, and propriety, sincerely seeking the other’s good according to what is right. Aga′pe (love) transcends personal enmities, never allowing these to cause one to abandon right principles and to retaliate in kind.”
Just imagine how the world would be if everyone had this kind of love!
