BIBLE Question: "In what context did Paul mean, When he said *Love thinks No evil AND Love thinks the Best of

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all People, when he was describing how we should Unconditionally Love ALL People ?

Thank You in advance for all intelligent,
non-judgmental, non-harming, and most encouraging answers from everyone.

Also, just curious, is there a certain version of the Bible that you enjoy reading
The Love Chapter, which teaches us how to Love mankind, in ?

I enjoy every version, but must admit that my favorite version is the Amplified Bible.
It amplifies giving the greek and hebrew meanings of the bible. To me it is the next best thing to having and using a Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.

Thank You Everyone. Your encouraging answers are always most helpful.

To the person who provided the first answer. I do appreciate your answer, but honestly I was not referring to homosexuality or anything else.

Just want to know what context Paul the Apostle was using in these verses in the Love Chapter. I am not pointing any judgmental fingers at anyone, for Love thinks no evil, and Love believes the best of all people.
Just want to know from others that have been reading the bible longer than I have how Paul intened those verses he wrote.
I have only been reading and studying the bible for only 28 yrs. That is not very long.

Thank You Father K.
I am beginning to get a clearer understanding of how we are to Love all People. I can humbly learn a lot from your wise answers. *Thank You.

Any others answers, feedback are greatly appreciated.

Thank You all for all your helpful, most encouraging answers.

I may have a few more questions, which I do not fully understand from the bible, alright ? Thank You.

Answer 1

Hi Samahdi,

1st Cor 13
4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;


That is great chapter of the bible. I don't think that I always fit the bill here so I ask Jesus for help.


Psalms are places to find encourgament and help.

Answer 2

Every person who knows God is blown away by the fact that He is the source of all Love.

Even His punishments are just, and motivated by love, because He is the perfect parent.

Those who rail against a controlling and evil God do not know anything about Him. They are angry at an imaginary God that only exists in their minds.

He is perfect and constant in His love. This does not mean that He accepts everything that we do. But He loves each and every person on the earth, and expects the same from us.

Answer 3

I believe that this means that when you love someone, you do not assume the worst in them, nor do you think of ways to hurt them. You give someone the benefit of the doubt and you do not try to get even with them. My ex-husband has said that he is a Christian. It is not for me to decide if he is or not. Still, while claiming his Christianity and claiming to love me, he often took the most innocent of things that I said or did and assumed the worst motives in them, when in reality, I was being kind and considerate toward him. He then took these false assumptions about me and used them to justify trying to hurt me. He actually plotted ways to bring me pain. That was evident in court when the judge pretty much said as much.

So my point is that when you say you love someone, true love sees the good in a person - not the bad. True love believes the best in someone and does not assume the worst. When you love someone, you don't set out to hurt them. As to my favorite version of the Bible, I like the NIV version.

Answer 4

We love all people. I have a feeling your talking about some people believing that homosexuality is wrong, and how they cant be christians and be homosexual, and like arguements. God is love. God is also just. There is such thing as sin. As a christian, we are to HATE sin. We LOVE all people, we HATE the sin they commit. Does that make sense?

Answer 5

Look at the root of the word translated as "love" in that chapter of 1 Cor. 13 - and you'll have your answer. In the KJV it is more clear because it says "charity" instead of "love". It's a specific kind of love. "Caritas" in Latin - "Agape" in Greek. It's the unconditional love of God.

As Christians we are called to imitate Christ, and God - "who so loved (agape) the world"

Answer 6

I think that is what we all strive for, to become stronger in our ability to love, by God's definition of love. Real true love being mastered would not think evil, just like light chases away a shadow, love chases away all evil. God is love. It's all about love. Jesus says if you love him, you'll obey what he says, because what he saysis what God commands,.the greatest of all things is love. We all have alot to learn about love.

Answer 7

Yes, and when you have problems with someone you pray and ask God to give you His love for the person you have problems with. I've tried it and it really works.