Browse 8 quotations connecting Paul the Apostle with Love, with meanings, source notes and related themes.
Each quotation is included because its central idea connects with this theme, not simply because one matching word appears in the sentence.
Sources represented here include King James Bible — 1 Corinthians 13:13, King James Bible — 1 Corinthians 13:4, King James Bible — 1 Corinthians 13:8. Keeping the work and source note beside each quotation makes differences in setting, speaker and emphasis easier to see.
Sources represented here include King James Bible — 1 Corinthians 13:13, King James Bible — 1 Corinthians 13:4, King James Bible — 1 Corinthians 13:8.
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”
Faith and hope remain important, but the chapter concludes by placing love above them as the greatest continuing virtue.
Source note: 1 Corinthians 13:13 in the King James Version.
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind.”
Love is defined partly through patience and kindness, shifting the idea from emotion alone toward repeated behavior under strain.
Source note: 1 Corinthians 13:4 in the King James Version; this is the opening clause of the verse.
“Charity never faileth.”
The brief statement gives enduring love priority over gifts and achievements that are temporary within the chapter’s larger argument.
Source note: 1 Corinthians 13:8 in the King James Version; “charity” is the KJV rendering in this passage.
“Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another.”
Healthy community includes both consolation and constructive encouragement: people help each other endure and grow.
Source note: 1 Thessalonians 5:11 in the King James Version.
“God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
Courage is balanced with love and sound judgment, keeping strength from being confused with recklessness or aggression.
Source note: 2 Timothy 1:7 in the King James Version.
“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.”
Attention to other people’s interests expands life beyond self-concern and makes cooperation and care possible.
Source note: Philippians 2:4 in the King James Version.
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another.”
Affection is joined with honor: care for others includes deliberately giving them regard rather than competing for status.
Source note: Romans 12:10 in the King James Version.
“Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.”
Friendship and community require emotional presence in both directions, sharing another person’s joy as well as sorrow.
Source note: Romans 12:15 in the King James Version.