--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Love is patient, love is kind. It is not…" description: "\"“Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated,d 5 it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/anonymous-1_love_love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-is-not-j_2431624.jpg" --- # Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, \[love\]… ![“Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated,d 5 it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,e 6 it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. 7 It bears all things…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/anonymous-1_love_love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-is-not-j_2431624.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/anonymous-1_love_love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-is-not-j_2431624.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/anonymous-1_love_love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-is-not-j_2431624.jpg) > ““Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, \[love\] is not pompous, it is not inflated,d 5 it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,e 6 it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The passage describes love as patient, kind, selfless, and enduring, contrasting it with negative traits like jealousy and anger. **In simple terms:** Love is patient, kind, selfless, and enduring. Key Takeaway Cultivate selfless, patient love. Themes love kindness patience selflessness endurance Mood compassionate reflective Type biblical inspirational When to use this quote - marriage - friendship - parenting - conflict resolution Key Concepts Christian ethics agape moral virtue Questions to Reflect On - How can you practice selfless love in daily conflicts? - What limits does love face without justice? A Different Perspective Love alone may not solve systemic injustice; it requires action beyond feeling. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Does Rejoice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/does-rejoice-288779/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Love Does](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-does/) [Love Is Patient](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-is-patient/) [Love Kind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-kind/) [Love Patient](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-patient/) [Patient love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/patient-love/) ## Related quotes > [“Love is patient, love is kind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-patient-love-is-kind/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Love is patient,Love is kind.It does not envy,it does not boast,it is not proud.It does not dishonor others,it is not self-seeking,it is not easily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-does-not-envy-it-does-not-boast-it-is-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Love is patient, love is kind, love is the way you make yourself mine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-love-is-the-way-you-make-yourself-mine/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Love is Patient Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-patient-love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-does-not-envy-it-does/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-does-not-envy-it-does-not-boast-it-is-3/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-does-not-envy-it-does-not-boast-it-is-4/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Love is patient love is kind, but true love , is hard to find](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leanne-david/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-but-true-love-is-hard-to-find/) [Leanne David](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leanne-david/) > [Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-the-apostle/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-and-is-not-jealous-love-does-not-brag/) [Paul the Apostle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-the-apostle/) > [“Love is patient and love is kind. Damn! Why’d it have to be the two qualities I wasn’t born with?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/love-is-patient-and-love-is-kind-damn-why-d-it-have-to-be-the-two/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) > [Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bible/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-does-not-envy-it-does-not-boast-it-is-8/) [BIBLE](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bible/) > [“Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast. It is not proud. It is not rude. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrilyn-kenyon/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-does-not-envy-it-does-not-boast-it-is-9/) [Sherrilyn Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherrilyn-kenyon/) > [Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bible/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-does-not-envy-it-does-not-boast-it-is-10/) [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bible/) > [Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernajoy-vaal/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-and-is-not-jealous-love-does-not-brag-3/) [Bernajoy Vaal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernajoy-vaal/) > [“Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5 does not act unbecomingly; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-and-is-not-jealous-love-does-not-brag-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“(...) I'm my very best self when I'm with him, but every day, I want him more than I need him. He taught me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daisy-buchanan/i-m-my-very-best-self-when-i-m-with-him-but-every-day-i-want-him-more/) [Daisy Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daisy-buchanan/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Love quotes > [Whatever meaning 'Annie's Song' had for me on a personal level, there was also a larger context. It could just as easily have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denver/whatever-meaning-annie-s-song-had-for-me-on-a-personal-level-there/) [John Denver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denver/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hawkins/i-need-a-bath-he-chuckled-you-smell-of-smoke-as-do-i-the-duke-turned/) [Karen Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hawkins/) > [I love going to Columbia, Missouri. That is a really underrated campus. It shocked me when I went there because I really didn't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirk-herbstreit/i-love-going-to-columbia-missouri-that-is-a-really-underrated-campus/) [Kirk Herbstreit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirk-herbstreit/) > [Life works most perfectly when a reciprocal love relationship is in place between man and God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-moore/life-works-most-perfectly-when-a-reciprocal-love-relationship-is-in/) [Beth Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-moore/) > [We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-emilie-cady/we-talk-to-god-that-is-prayer-god-talks-to-us-that-is-inspiration/) [H. Emilie Cady](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-emilie-cady/) > [I fell in love with social work, and that was my undoing as a poet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rakosi/i-fell-in-love-with-social-work-and-that-was-my-undoing-as-a-poet/) [Carl Rakosi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rakosi/) > [You cant be controlling in improv.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-walsh/you-cant-be-controlling-in-improv/) [Matt Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-walsh/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mohr/i-think-here-s-what-i-ve-realized-from-interviewing-people-and-i-ve/) [Jay Mohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mohr/) > [“To be loved by a man, truly loved, made a woman feel as if she could burst. Of course, Lia was strong and could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-anne/to-be-loved-by-a-man-truly-loved-made-a-woman-feel-as-if-she-could/) [Melody Anne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-anne/) > [So when you take those tears, don't look to see I'm alright. …\*Seal - Violet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-nickel/so-when-you-take-those-tears-don-t-look-to-see-i-m-alright-seal-violet/) [Eric Nickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-nickel/) > [Two things revolutionised life: moving to the countryside and falling in love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-love/two-things-revolutionised-life-moving-to-the-countryside-and-falling/) [Nick Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-love/) > [“That horrible stinging sensation returned, the muscles behind my eyes straining as the first tear began to fall. “I’m scared, too. For eighteen months…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/devon-ashley/that-horrible-stinging-sensation-returned-the-muscles-behind-my-eyes/) [Devon Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/devon-ashley/) > [I could program a 'fabulous, I love it' kind of hit season right now. I'm more interested in breaking boundaries, telling a story, defying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/i-could-program-a-fabulous-i-love-it-kind-of-hit-season-right-now-i-m/) [George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/) [Browse all 233,035 Love quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated,d 5 it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,e 6 it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-is-not-jealous-love-is-not-pompous-it/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Love" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-is-not-jealous-love-is-not-pompous-it/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/anonymous-1_love_love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-is-not-j_2431624.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/anonymous-1_love_love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-is-not-j_2431624.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/anonymous-1_love_love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-is-not-j_2431624.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated,d 5 it is not…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Anonymous", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“Love is patient, love is kind....", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-is-not-jealous-love-is-not-pompous-it/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-it-is-not-jealous-love-is-not-pompous-it/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```