In the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians Paul speaks of love as the greatest of all things. At first we might think he is speaking of our love, but he isn't. He is speaking of God's love for us. Love is patient and kind. It is not irritable or resentful, rude or boastful.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Not one of us can claim that we consistently practice this sort of love in our lives. If Paul's words in this chapter were about us, we would be judged and condemned, because we fall so far short of the ideal love he seems to be describing. But Paul isn't speaking about our love, but God's love. Here also, this well known passage from Paul is not focussed on our religious quest for God. Rather, it is a proclamation of God's loving quest for us.