What might 1 Corinthians 13:7 tell us?

Love “bears all things, entrusts all things, hopes all things, endures all things”.

If that is the right way to translate 1 Corinthians 13:7*, what might it tell us?

1. Love has amazing symmetry.

For example, a Christian bears a cross** out of love, and entrusts that burden to God out of love. More symmetries can be discovered between bearing, entrusting, hoping and enduring.

2. Love is tremendously capable.

Paul sums it up this way: “Love never fails” (1 Cor. 13:8). Love never fails, because it is able to bear anything, entrust anything, hope anything, endure anything.

3. Love’s power is related to its symmetry.

A Christian can bear a cross because he or she entrusts the burden, and him- or herself, to God. Love can endure anything, because it is able to hope so powerfully.

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* A brief summary of evidence was made here.
** Matthew 10:38; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23, 14:27.