Love never gives up,

Love never loses faith,

Love is always hopeful,

and Love endures

and Love endures

through every circumstance

If I could speak

all the languages

of earth and of angels,

but didn’t love others,

I would only be a noisy gong

or a clanging cymbal.

Love never gives up,

Love never loses faith,

Love is always hopeful,

and Love endures

through every circumstance

If I had the gift of prophecy,

and if I understood

all of God’s secret plans

and possessed all knowledge,

and if I had such faith

that I could move mountains,

but didn’t love others,

I would be nothing.

Love never gives up,

Love never loses faith,

Love is always hopeful,

and Love endures

through every circumstance

If I gave everything

I have to the poor

and even sacrificed my body,

I could boast about it;

but if I didn’t love others,

I would have gained nothing.

Love is patient and kind.

Love is not jealous

or boastful or proud

or rude.

Love does not demand its own way.

Love is not irritable,

and it keeps no record

of being wronged.

Love does not rejoice

about injustice

but Love rejoices whenever

the truth wins out.

Love never gives up,

Love never loses faith,

Love is always hopeful,

and Love endures

through every circumstance