A handout detailing 20 aspects of the self-sacrificing love described in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. The negative, positive and extra aspects of such love are detailed in rich description.
Self-Sacrificing Love
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Negative
- 1 Corinthians 13:4
- Self-sacrificing love NEVER gets impatient.
- Self-sacrificing love NEVER gets jealous.
- Self-sacrificing love NEVER boasts.
- Self-sacrificing love NEVER gets conceited.
- 1 Corinthians 13:5
- Self-sacrificing love NEVER gets rude, discourteous, or unmannerly.
- Self-sacrificing love NEVER gets selfish.
- Self-sacrificing love NEVER gets irritated, touchy, or resentful.
- Self-sacrificing love NEVER thinks an unkind thought or pays attention to a suffered wrong.
- 1 Corinthians 13:6
- Self-sacrificing love NEVER is happy in sin or injustice.
Positive
- 1 Corinthians13:4
- Self-sacrificing love is ALWAYS kind.
- 1 Corinthians 13:6
- Self-sacrificing love is ALWAYS happy in truth.
- 1 Corinthians 13:7
- Self-sacrificing love is ALWAYS gracious, overlooking the faults of others.
- Self-sacrificing love is ALWAYS confident in the Word, believing the best in others.
- Self-sacrificing love is ALWAYS strong in the faith.
- Self-sacrificing love is ALWAYS long-suffering.
- 1 Corinthians 13:8
- Self-sacrificing love is ALWAYS victorious.
Extras
- Self-sacrificing love NEVER worries.
- Self-sacrificing love NEVER criticizes murmurs or complains.
- Self-sacrificing love NEVER gets discouraged.
- Self-sacrificing love ALWAYS covers with silence.
I must see every person as a circumstance coming to me daily as the Holy Spirit coming to me in that person and as a circumstance to make me more like Jesus Christ.
