Love is patient, love is kind; love does not envy; love does not boast, is not puffed up;

Have I conceived all this people, or have I born them? That You say to me, Take them into your bosom, as a nurse would take her suckling, into the land which You swore to their fathers?

I shall not be able to bear these people alone, for this thing is too heavy for me.

And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I shall not be able by myself to bear you.

Hatred stirs up strife, but affection covers all that do not love strife.

Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave, her shafts are shafts of fire, [even] the flames thereof.

Much water will not be able to quench love, and rivers shall not drown it; if a man would give all his substance for love, men would utterly despise it.

We then who are strong are obligated to bear with the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Bear one another's burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ.

Therefore let us go out to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach.

who Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, in order that having died to sins, we might live unto righteousness--by whose stripes you were healed.

And above all things have fervent love for one another, because "love will cover a multitude of sins."

Teach me kindness, instruction, and knowledge; for I have believed Your commandments.

And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she found out that He was reclining in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of perfume,

Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke within himself, saying, "This [Man], if He were a prophet, would know who and what sort of woman [this is] who touches Him, for she is a sinner."

And turning to the woman, He said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but this [woman] has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head.

You did not anoint My head with oil, but this [woman] has anointed My feet with perfume.

And running up ahead in front, he went up into a sycamore tree so that he might see Him, because He was about to pass by that way.

So he hurried and came down, and received Him, rejoicing.

Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor; and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I restore fourfold."

for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

For by this hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?

What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ free of charge, so as not to exploit my rights in the gospel.

and to the Jews I became as a Jew, in order that I might win Jews; to those who are under law, as under law, in order that I might win those who are under law;

to the weak I became as weak, in order that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all [men], that I might by all means save some.

And Jacob served for Rachel seven years, and they seemed [only] a few days, because of the love that he had for her.

Though the Mighty One should lay [His] hand upon me, forasmuch as He has begun, verily I will speak, and plead before Him.

And you will be hated by all [people] for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

I robbed other churches, taking wages [from them] to minister to you,

As the truth of Christ is in me, that this boasting will not be silenced in me in the regions of Achaia.

But what I am doing, I will also continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity of those who desire an opportunity, that in what they boast they may be found just as we [are].

so that we ourselves are boasting in you among the churches of God about your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure,

You therefore endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

Consider the things I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.

in which I endure hardship unto chains as an evildoer; but the word of God is not chained.

persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch, in Iconium, at Lystra--what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me.

You however be watchful in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; because when he is approved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love Him.