Love is long-suffering and kind,

Love does not approve of wrong-doing, but is not picky,

Love is not jealous,

Love does not brag, does not get puffed up,

Love does not behave indecently.

Love does not look for its own interests, does not become provoked,

Love does not wait for dramatic circumstances to reveal itself,

Love is a perfect bond of union.

Real love does not rejoice over unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth.

True love bears all things, believe all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

True love never fails.