^{4 Ref} Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

^{5 Ref} Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

^{6 Ref} It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;

^{7 Ref} Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

^{8 Ref} Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

^{4 Ref} Love suffereth long, `and' is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

^{5 Ref} doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

^{6 Ref} rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;

^{7 Ref} beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

^{8 Ref} Love never faileth: but whether `there be' prophecies, they shall be done away; whether `there be' tongues, they shall cease; whether `there be' knowledge, it shall be done away.

^{4 Ref} Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,

^{5 Ref} doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

^{6 Ref} doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

^{7 Ref} bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

^{8 Ref} Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.