what is true love? how do you truly love someone?

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (the message)


   Love never gives up. 
   Love cares more for others than for self. 
   Love doesn't want what it doesn't have. 
   Love doesn't strut, 
   Doesn't have a swelled head, 
   Doesn't force itself on others, 
   Isn't always "me first," 
   Doesn't fly off the handle, 
   Doesn't keep score of the sins of others, 
   Doesn't revel when others grovel, 
   Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, 
   Puts up with anything, 
   Trusts God always, 
   Always looks for the best, 
   Never looks back, 
   But keeps going to the end.




1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (new living translation)
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud ⁵ or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. ⁶ It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. ⁷ Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.


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1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (amplified bible)

 ⁴Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.

    ⁵It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].

    ⁶It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.

    ⁷Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].

    ⁸Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end].

Here I posted three different versions of this verse so you can see the meaning of it....

this is the example of True Love. if you want to love someone, love them like this....

there is a catch though...the only way to truly love another person like this is to first gain a true relationship with God (by accepting Jesus Christ as your Savior) because only God can create this type of love in a person, because honestly we are all jealous, prideful, rude, etc etc etc, it is all apart of our sinful nature. but when we accept Jesus into our life as Lord and Savior; a change starts to take place in our hearts and He starts changing us from the inside out if we let Him, once He starts doing that we are better able to love others the way we need to, the selfless, unconditional, pure, passionate love the same kind of love that God shows us.

when people stop focusing on lust so much ( if your married then yes sex is apart of that relationship, but putting it at the top of a relationship is not healthy, there are other more important things) and start focusing on pure selfless love, giving to your partner without expecting anything back, and if your partner does the same then you would have the most AMAZING marriage EVER....

So if you want an amazing marriage or relationship, focus on a true relationship with God (through Jesus Christ) and allow Him to teach you how to love like this.

God Bless

-Into the Light-