1. St. Paul’s Description of Love: 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8
Types of Love
St. Paul’s Description of Love: 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8

2. Love is Patient Signs of Love Going Right
Takes the time necessary to build a strong relationship
Allow one another to grow and change at your own pace

3. Love is Patient cont’d Signs of Love Going Wrong Pressures you for sex
Gets too serious about the relationship too fast

4. Love is Kind Signs of Love that’s Going Right
Want what is truly best for each other
Willing to let go of short term pleasure in order to do what is truly kind and caring in the long run

5. Love is Kind cont’d Signs of Love Going Wrong
You worry about how they will react to things you say or do
Threatens you, uses or owns weapons
Is violent: brags about mistreating others

6. Love is Not Envious Signs of Love Going Right
Are happy when the other is truly happy
Takes joy in your other friendships, does not become jealous

7. Love is Not Envious Signs of Love Going Wrong
Is jealous and possessive toward you
Won’t let you have friends
Checks up on you
Won’t accept breaking up

8. Love Does Not Insist on its Own Way
Signs of Love Going Right
Listen to each other’s opinions
Criticize one another constructively, and privately
Are flexible when you want different things

9. Love Does Not Insist on its Own Way
Signs of Love Going Wrong
Tries to control you by being very bossy, giving orders
Criticizes in a mean way when you do something he or she doesn’t like
Manipulates you

10. Love does Not Rejoice in Wrongdoing
Signs of Love Going Right
Tell each other the truth even when it is hard
Take responsibility for your actions

11. Love Does Not Rejoice in Wrongdoing
Signs of Love Going Wrong
Blames you when he or she mistreats you
Says you provoked him/her, make him/her do it
Abuses drugs or alcohol and pressures you to take them