1 Corinthians 13:4
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”
« L'amour est patient, il est plein de bonté… » ouvre la description que Paul fait de l'amour comme action et caractère, et non comme simple sentiment. Le véritable amour se reconnaît à la manière dont il traite les autres.
Réponse rapide traduite avec l'aide de l'IA et en cours de révision. L'explication complète est affichée en anglais.
Paul describes love with verbs and traits, not emotions. Love “is patient” and “is kind” — it does things and refuses others (it “does not envy, does not boast, is not proud”).
Written to a divided church, it confronts self-centeredness with a picture of love that serves. It is most famously read at weddings, but Paul aimed it at everyday Christian community.
Is 1 Corinthians 13 only about romantic love?
No. Paul wrote it about love within the church. It applies to marriage too, but its first setting is how Christians treat one another.