Everyone is looking for love. But what does real love look like? How will we know when we’ve found it? Some think of “being in love” as an indescribable feeling that we fall in and out of. But the Bible, in its timeless wisdom, gives us a more meaningful and enduring picture.

In the following pages, pastor and Bible teacher Bill Crowder helps us take a fresh look at the inspired words of 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. Those who share his confidence in Scripture will find that what the songwriter Bob Lind called “the bright elusive butterfly of love” isn’t so elusive after all.

Mart DeHaan