爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈。爱是不嫉妒，爱是不自夸，不张狂，不做害羞的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易发怒，不计算人的恶，不喜欢不义，只喜欢真理；凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐。爱是永不止息。
——《圣经.新约》哥林多前书十三章四节至八节
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, takethe not account of evil; rejoiceth not in unrightousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Love never faileth: