AgooPao - Mirror Translation

Love is who you are!

1Cor13:
:1 Speaking in tongues is not the [centre]; Love is. 

It is neither angelic eloquence 

nor mastery of human language that persuades; 

it doesn't matter how poetic, 

prophetic or profound I may sound; 

my conversation... is reduced to the hollow sound 

of clanging brass cymbals if love’s echo is absent. 

(The Greek word for the love of God is, agape, from agoo, 

to lead like a shepherd guides his sheep, and pao, to rest; 

"he leads me beside still waters" Ps 23. 

By the waters of reflection my soul remembers who I am.)

:2 I could predict the future in detail 

and have a word of knowledge for everyone. 

I could possess amazing faith, 

and prove it by moving mountains! 

It doesn’t make me any more important than anyone else. 

Love is who you are! 

You are not defined by your gift or deeds.

:3 Love is not about defending a point of view; 

even if I am prepared to give away everything I have 

and die a martyr’s death; 

love does not have to prove itself 
by acts of supreme devotion or self sacrifice!

:4 Love is large in being passionate about life 

and relentlessly patient in bearing 

the offenses and injuries of others with kindness. 

Love is completely content and strives for nothing. 

Love has no desire to make others feel inferior 

and has no need to sing its own praises.

:5 Love is predictable and does not behave out of character. 

Love is not ambitious. 

Love is not spiteful 

(Greek, it has no sharp or edges) 

and takes no inventory of evil. 

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