1st Corinthians 13:4

1^st Corinthians 13:4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;

Love is a word we often take for granted something we say many times almost without thinking about what we’re saying. Here in this chapter we have a list of what real love looks like, the Greek word for this type of love is called agape which means unconditional love. It’s not that hard to love when the other person is treating you fairly and nicely or they go out of their way to do something nice for you… But this list starts off with love suffers long, you usually don’t suffer to much when someone is being nice to you, which implies that the list is more than just a love for your friends, but a love for your enemies as well. Love is kind, it does not parade itself, and is not puffed up, what kind of love would do that, only Christ’s love could do that, and as followers of him this is the kind of love that all Christians must strive for, even to the point where they love their enemies this way as well (Matthew 5:43-48).

Application-As I seek to love others I will make a mental habit of judging how loving I am by using the love gauge that we are given in this verse and in the following. I will memorize this section of scripture so I can judge myself by it.