4 Love is longsuffering, love is kind, is not jealous, love does not boast, is not conceited,

5 does not behave unbecomingly, does not seek her own interest, is not irritable, does not count up her wrongs,

6 does not rejoice in wickedness, but rejoices with the truth,

7 excuses all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 Love never fails; but if there are prophetic powers, they will become useless; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will become useless.