Marriage of Love

Be ambitious for the higher gifts.
And I am going to show you a way that is better than any of them.

If I have all the eloquence of men or of angels, but speak without love
I am simply a gong booming or a cymbal clashing
If I have the gift of prophecy, understanding all the mysteries there are,
and knowing everything
and if I have faith in all its fullness
to move mountains
but without love, then I am nothing at all.

If I give away all that i possess, piece by piece
and if i even let them take my body to burn it
but am without love
it will do me no good whatever.

Love is always patient and kind
it is never jealous
love is never boastful or conceited
it is never rude or selfish
it does not take offence
and is not resentful

Love takes no pleasure in other people's sins but delights in the truth
it is always ready to excuse
to trust, to hope
and to endure whatever comes.

Love does not come to an end.