It s true in any relationship. Just this week I was talking with someone who was reflecting on the challenge of relating on an ongoing basis with someone who is particularly difficult. That s what it is it s an endurance test. Later I thought, What a great description. Two different meanings, and yet, in relationships characterized by agape love, those two are inextricably related.
Love endures all things.
Now that kind of enduring, agape love does not come naturally to us. I think you get the idea. And let me show you what I mean when I say that the love Paul describes here is a Christ-shaped love. Christ bears all things, believes all things, endures all things. Different and fitting.