Let allthat you do be donein love.
"ThisI commandyou, that you loveone another.
For ifbecauseof foodyour brotheris hurt,you are no longerwalkingaccordingto love.Do not destroywith your foodhim for whomChristdied.
But earnestly desirethe greatergifts.And I showyou a stillmore excellentway.
Pursuelove,yetdesire earnestlyspiritual[gifts], but especiallythat you may prophesy.
NowI urgeyou, brethren(you knowthe householdof Stephanas,that they were the first fruitsof Achaia,and that they have devotedthemselvesfor ministryto the saints),
Nowconcerningthings sacrificed to idols,we knowthat we allhaveknowledge.Knowledgemakes arrogant,but loveedifies.
But the fruitof the Spiritis love,joy,peace,patience,kindness,goodness,faithfulness,
and may the Lordcauseyou to increaseand aboundin lovefor one another,and for all people,justas we also[do] for you;
But nowthat Timothyhas cometo us from you, and has brought us good newsof your faithand love,and that you alwaysthinkkindlyof us, longingto seeus justas we alsolong to see you,
We oughtalwaysto give thanksto Godfor you, brethren,as is [only] fitting,becauseyour faithis greatly enlarged,and the loveof eachoneof you towardone anothergrows [ever] greater;
But the goalof our instructionis lovefrom a pureheartand a goodconscienceand a sincerefaith.
Marriage[is to be held] in honoramongall,and the [marriage] bed[is to be] undefiled;for fornicatorsand adulterersGodwill judge.
Aboveall,keepferventin your lovefor one another,becauselovecoversa multitudeof sins.
and in [your] godliness,brotherlykindness, and in [your] brotherly kindness,love.