Love outline

English Standard Version Chapter 13

4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Stats

Patient (long suffering)- professor story

65% of churches are in decline or plateuing

Kindness-living life to be useful to others

2 men on a trail story

Envy (jealousy)- wanting others not to have something

examples in the bible

Boasting (bragging)- leads people to envy

Arrogance-thinks more highly of themselves

Rude- general disregard for others

insist in it’s own way (selfish)- A/c example

Irritable (anger)- most anger is selfish

a bomb can cause a lot of damage in a second

resentful

not rejoice in wrongdoing-does not tell others about their shortcomings

Love rejoices in the Truth

Love bears all things-bears the sin of others

hurts for the pain of others

Believes all things

slow to believe they did bad

hopes all things-hopes the best for others

endures all things-continues to love