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(Agape) Love is...
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Love through you
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Pride is...
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Always Patient
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Calm self-restraint from punishing others either physically or
emotionally for a
wrong suffered or for mistakes made. Always forgiving.
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Never patient with mistakes. Retaliates when a wrong is suffered.
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Always Kind
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Goodness of heart expressed in actions for another's benefit.
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Never kind or interested in another's benefit.
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Never Jealous or Envious
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Not being resentfully desirous
of anothers advantages, possessions or gifts. Not desirous of another's
good that it cannot have.
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Always jealous and envious of others' good fortune.
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Never Boastful or Arrogant
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Never seeks to exalt self
or is puffed up with pride and self-importance over nothing.
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Always boastful and arrogant.
Must be the center of attention.
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Never Acts Unbecomingly
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Never acts contrary to behavior appropriate to a Christian's position
as a child of God, (for example) with modesty, grace, humility and patience.
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Always rude and never considers the feelings of another.
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Seeks Not Its Own
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Does not insist on
having its own way or rights. Looks out for the interest of others.
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Always demanding its own way and always looks after its own interests.
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Not Provoked
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Never easily stirred to anger; never touchy or quick tempered.
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Always easily provoked; touchy; over-sensitive; angry.
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Never Takes Into Account a Wrong Suffered
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Bears a wrong without holding it against the one who has committed
it. Never holds grudges; maintains a forgiving spirit; keeps no records
of wrongs.
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Always holding grudges and maintains records of other people's
wrongs.
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Never Rejoices In Unrighteousness
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Views sin as God does. Is never glad over someone else's mistakes
or sins.
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Always rationalizing or ignoring sin. Rejoicing over others' mistakes
and sins.
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Rejoices With The Truth
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Rejoices in all that is found in Christ and his word and in others
becoming Christ-like and being used of God.
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Never rejoicing with the truth and resents others being used of
God.
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Bears All Things
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Endures any hardship for another's good. Carries another's burdens.
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Never enduring anything.
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Believes All Things
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Thinks the best of other people for Christ's sake. Gives others
the benefit of the doubt.
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Always thinking the worst of others.
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Hopes All Things
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Holds fast to God's promises. Hopes for the best for others
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Doubting of God's promises. Hopes for the best for himself alone.
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Endures All Things
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Will last courageously through any trial or span of time with patience
and a thankful spirit for the sake of Christ and others.
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Never enduring trials with patience or faith in Christ. Always
complains and resists.
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