Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud — Paul defines love through a series of stative verbs and negations: makrothymia (patience, long-suffering), chrēstotēs (kindness, usefulness), non-zēlos (non-envious), non-perpereuomai (non-boastful), non-physioō (not puffed up with arrogance); these are the antidotes to the Corinthian vices of impatience, harshness, jealousy, and pride.

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