(For a PDF file of this poem, see the very end)

Love is patient, love is kind

What others have, it doesn’t mind.

It is not proud, it does not boast.

Nor does it try to get the most.

Rudeness and anger it resists

And when it’s wronged, it keeps no list.

In evil it will not delight,

But with the truth, rejoices quite.

It always hopes, protects, and trusts,

And perseveres, it won’t be crushed.

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Now, this is love per Jesus’ Word,

Who loved us first, our hearts He stirred.

So let us now to others show

His blessed love so they will know,

The One who made both life and earth

Desires to give us second birth.

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