1 Corinthians 13
4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
5 doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
6 doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
World English Bible (WEB)
On 1 Corinthians 13, the "love chapter": the meaning of this famous description of love as patient, kind and selfless, and why it is read at weddings.
1 Corinthians 13 is popularly known as the "love chapter." It sits right in the middle of Paul's letter to a community wrestling with divisions; so it is not an abstract tribute but an answer given to a real tension.
The chapter describes love not as a feeling but as a set of behaviors: being patient, not boasting, keeping no record of wrongs, not being easily angered. This concreteness makes it a measure for ordinary relationships as much as for weddings.
You can move to the chapter below to read the whole description and its closing conclusion that "the greatest of these is love." The love collection bridges to other verses on the same theme.