Unquestionably, the concept love can more easily be explained in terms of what it is not than what it is. The first line of Paul’s description is positive, the succeeding lines are negative, and the concluding statement is positive. Paul describes the concept love in a poetically arranged paragraph (vv. 4–6). Love is patient and is kind. Love is not jealous, does not brag, is not arrogant. Love does not behave indecently, does not seek its own things, does not become irritated, does not keep a record