Love leads to effective ministry (1 Cor 13)

Love in context (1Cor 13), busy people without love. They needed a corrective word about gifts used to serve in ministry.

If you wrote a letter, "we ate hot dogs, shot the breeze and chilled till midnight", then someone from another time and culture read it. They could come up with confusing translations without understanding our context. Therefore translators seek to translate words in context to culture. Simply, "we had meat sandwiches, talked with eachother in a relaxing place late into the night"

Thought for thought, not word for word.

Verbs of love, regarding people (in relationship) to win people: patient, long-suffering, kind, active good-will,

Love doesn't have these attitudes and mannerisms: not envious (desire for or against), not boasting (boasting in what someone can't have), not arrogant (proud people don't listen), not rude (good manors, please and thank you), not a bully, not irritable, not grouchy, not holding grudges,  not keeping score

Love is true and truthful, bears all things, not joyful in catching people

Love believes the best in people, favorable outcomes, hopes all things, keeps on hoping after faith. Love is optimistic.

Love endures all things. It's a strong hold. Refuse to stop loving. Love is tenacious, has grit. Bullet proof.

Love leads to effective ministry.

Love should inform every gift and relationship.