The heart is deceitful above all things, and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but the slow to anger calms a dispute.

Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.

She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”