“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant” 1 Corinthians 13:4 (ESV)
How often have you heard the phrase from someone within the church: “Show [or correct/teach] them in love.” What does that truly look like though? More often than not it comes across to the lost person we are trying to reach as a “holier than thou” type of attitude. If we truly want to display love it needs to be the kind of love Paul writes to the church in Corinth about here in this verse. We must be patient with others. We must above all else be kind to them. We need to take great effort to ensure that we never come across as “better than” or arrogant. It is when we encompass these characteristics that we can truly “show them in love”.
Jessica Ford
Communications Director
Alive Ministries USA
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