I'm not really innocent. I just pretend. A system of strict laws actually puts new ideas of lawbreaking in a person's mind. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have no love, I am only a resounding gong or a cymbal. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have no love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.