Note 19 at 1 Cor. 13:7: God's kind of love bears all things. Anyone who says, "I've borne all I can bear" is simply saying that they haven't yet drawn on God's kind of love. Human love has limits, but God's kind of love knows no limits.

We often try to comfort those who are in difficult situations by telling them, "You can only take so much. After all, you're only human." But the truth is that a born-again Christian (see note 2 at Jn. 3:3, p. 92) is not "only human" (see note 3 at Mt. 26:41, p. 507; see note 1 at Rom. 8:18, p. 797). We have the supernatural God kind of love in us and we can bear all things.

Note 20 at 1 Cor. 13:7: God's kind of love keeps on trusting or believing. Many times a person gets hurt and then loses his trust in God or in people. He feels he could never trust again. Maybe that person can't, but God's kind of love can. When we reach our limit on believing, God's kind of love believes all things (Gal. 5:6).

Note 21 at 1 Cor. 13:7: Hope is a product of love. Understanding the depths of God's love will cause hope in our hearts, regardless of our situation. A person who doesn't have hope is a person who isn't experiencing God's kind of love. God's kind of love hopes all things (see ref. c at this verse).

Note 22 at 1 Cor. 13:7: When it feels like we can't take another minute of our situation, that is a sign to us that we haven't yet drawn on God's kind of love. God's kind of love endures all things. All too often Christians resist in their own might, and when they hit their limit, they feel justified in quitting. After all, they tried. But God's kind of love never fails (1 Cor 13:8).