An Uplifting Definition of Love
Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness
The Living Hour
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🗓️ 8 March 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: THE essence of all religion is love. If we had perfect and universal love, we would have realized all of the teachings of Jesus. The world would be rid of all evil. St. Paul has given the clearest and most wonderful analysis of love in the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians. Paul at the time of that writing was an old man. He had endured many trials. His soul had passed through the crucible of fire. He had been the author of massacres and tortures. He was present at the stoning of Stephen. His hands were stained with blood when he was converted on the road to Damascus.
We must know then that Paul was fairly inspired when he wrote this letter to the Corinthians, and we must conclude that his definition of love was the result of his own transformative experiences. Paul tells us that love is the combination of nine qualities.....
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| 0:50.3 | Today's talk was edited and adapted from The Divine Art of Living by Kathleen Bessley, published in 1917. |
| 1:04.0 | The essence of all religion is love. If we had perfect and universal love, |
| 1:12.8 | we would have realized all of the teachings of Jesus. |
| 1:17.1 | The world will be rid of all evil. |
| 1:20.4 | St. Paul has given the clearest and most wonderful analysis of love |
| 1:25.6 | in the 13th chapter of 1st Corinthians. Paul at the time of that |
| 1:31.3 | writing was an old man. He had endured many trials. His soul had passed through the crucible |
| 1:38.7 | of fire. He had been the author of massacres and tortures. He was present at the stoning of Stephen. |
| 1:47.0 | His hands were stained with blood when he was converted on the road to Damascus. |
| 1:53.0 | We must know then that Paul was fairly inspired when he wrote this letter to the Corinthians. |
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