The Qualities of Love - Love is Patient and Kind

Paul insisted that love is the critical issue in things of the Spirit. There is no authentic or spiritually effectual use of the Spirit's gifts apart from love, even as love gives life and power to every dimension of the Christian's existence. Everything in the Christian life depends on love, and this means that believers need to know what it is and how it is. This is where Paul turned his attention in the next section of his treatment of love as the "more excellent way."