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I Corinthians 13:4-8a (Cornette Augmented Version)
Godly love is steadfast and endures bravely in continuing misfortune. It patiently bears the offences of others and is slow to seek vengeance (suffereth long).
Godly love is kind, beneficial and seeks the advantage of others (and is kind).
Godly love does not allow itself to become heated with envy, but acts sensibly (envieth not).
Godly love does not boast of it’s accomplishments in a way that demeans others. It will not embellish the story to make it sound better (vaunteth not itself). It does not swell in pride, nor walk in the flesh (puffed up).
Godly love does not act in an inappropriate way. It will be careful to not be sexually provocative toward someone of the opposite sex (behave itself unseemly). Godly love does not seek its own benefit or demand something from someone else, but instead seeks for the benefit of others and serves (seeks not her own).
Godly love is not edgy, looking for an argument. It will not try to provoke others to anger, nor irritate or exasperate others (is not easily provoked). Godly love will not keep a running account of wrongs suffered, nor attempt to reckon a balance when wronged. It refuses to meditate on injure, trouble or wrong (thinketh no evil).
Godly love will not rejoice when its enemy is found in sin, but will pray for his enemy. It does not thrive on stories of others problems or downfall (rejoiceth not in iniquity). However, love will celebrate when others come to know the truth and embrace the Word of God. Godly love’s greatest joy is derived when someone understands the love of the LORD as revealed in the Bible (rejoiceth in the truth).
Godly love keeps the sins of others secret, and will be silent when it hears accusation concerning his brothers in Christ. It will actively bear the burden of others when it sees them about to stumble off the path of righteousness (beareth all things). Godly love will always think the best, and be impelled to believe his brother (believeth all things).
Godly love enthusiastically seeks places to be used of God as a minister of reconciliation. It will actively seek the salvation of others, and place full hope in the goodness of God to bring those it evangelizes to repentance because of the goodness that it shows (hopeth all things).
Godly love will tarry in prayer for the salvation and deliverance of others. It will persevere under persecution for righteousness sake, and count it all joy to suffer for the Gospel. Godly love patiently endures under ill treatment; bravely and calmly (endureth all things).
Because of all these things, Godly love will never fail in any situation to which it is consistently and enduringly applied. It will not easily fall into sin because it actively seeks the Face of the LORD. Godly love cannot be powerless, and will change any situation where it is dynamically exercised
(charity never faileth).
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By Rabbi Kevin Cornette--who has passed on from this life, and is now in the presence of the LORD!
