What are the Characteristics of Love according to 1 Corinthians 13:4-8?

1. Love is patient,
2. Love is kind.
3. It does not envy
4. it does not boast
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it is not proud

6. It does not dishonor others

7. it is not self-seeking
8. it is not easily angered
9. it keeps no record of wrongs
10.Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
11.It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
12.Love never fails.
What are the different aspects of justice?
Justice focuses on the principle of fairness and the ideal of moral equity. The chapter
focuses on social justice, criminal justice, and civil justice. Social justice embraces
all aspects of civilized life and is linked to broader notions of fairness and right and
wrong. Criminal justice is one aspect of this wider form of justice. Criminal justice is
an important mechanism by which justice can be achieved. Not only do victims,
defendants, and others seek and expect fairness from the criminal justice system,
but the activities and actions of the criminal justice system often spark society to
consider what is considered equal justice.
Justice is the legal or philosophical theory by which fairness is administered. [2][3]
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The concept of justice differs in every culture. An early theory of justice was set
out by the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato in his work The Republic. Throughout

history various theories have been established. Advocates of divine command

theory argue that justice issues from God. In the 17th century, theorists like John
Locke argued for the theory of natural law. Thinkers in the social contract tradition
argued that justice is derived from the mutual agreement of everyone concerned. In
the 19th century, utilitarian thinkers including John Stuart Mill argued that justice is
what has the best consequences. Theories of distributive justice concern what is
distributed, between whom they are to be distributed, and what is the proper
distribution. Egalitarians argued that justice can only exist within the coordinates of
equality. John Rawls used a social contract argument to show that justice, and
especially distributive justice, is a form of fairness. Property rights theorists
(like Robert Nozick) take a deontological view of distributive justice and argue that
property rights-based justice maximizes the overall wealth of an economic system.
Theories of retributive justice are concerned with punishment for wrongdoing.
Restorative justice (also sometimes called "reparative justice") is an approach to
justice that focuses on the needs of victims and offenders.

There are four types of justice that people can seek when they have been wronged.
Distributive justice
Distributive justice, also known as economic justice, is about fairness in what
people receive, from goods to attention. Its roots are in social order and it is at the
roots of socialism, where equality is a fundamental principle.
If people do not think that they are getting their fair share of something, they will
seek first to gain what they believe they deserve. They may well also seek other
forms of justice.
Procedural justice
The principle of fairness is also found in the idea of fair play (as opposed to
the fair share of distributive justice).
If people believe that a fair process was used in deciding what it to be distributed,
then they may well accept an imbalance in what they receive in comparison to
others. If they see both procedural and distributive injustice, they will likely seek
restorative and/or retributive justice.
Restorative justice
The first thing that the betrayed person may seek from the betrayer is some form
of restitution, putting things back as they should be.

The simplest form of restitution is a straightforward apology. Restoration means

putting things back as they were, so it may include some act of contrition to
demonstrate one is truly sorry. This may include action and even extra payment to
the offended party.
Restorative justice is also known as corrective justice.
Retributive justice
Retributive justice works on the principle of punishment, although what
constitutes fair and proportional punishment is widely debated. While the intent
may be to dissuade the perpetrator or others from future wrong-doing, the reoffending rate of many criminals indicates the limited success of this approach.
Punishment in practice is more about the satisfaction of victims and those who care
about them. This strays into the realm of revenge, which can be many times more
severe than reparation as the hurt party seeks to make the other person suffer in
return. In such cases 'justice' is typically defined emotionally rather that with intent
for fairness or prevention.
What are the principles to remember for unity of love and justice?
What is Agape?
This is the Greek word for love at its ultimate. Agape love is not like a
brotherly love or a love between a husband and a wife. It is the most self-sacrificing
love that there is. This type of love is the love that God has for His own children.
This type of love is what was displayed on the cross by Jesus Christ. In John 3:16 it
is written that God so loved (agapao) the world that He gave His only begotten Son
that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. If a
husband and father had a choice to have his family and his children die or for him to
die and he chose to die for them. That is similar to what agape love is, but Gods
love is even greater than this.

Agape love is that which is always associated with the love of God and rarely
does it occur when it involves one person in relations with another. The Greek word

agape was hardly ever used in Greek-speaking societies but in the New Testament,
it occurs 320 times.

Agape, and its verb form agapao, is one of the several Greek words for love.
The Bible also mentions phileo, or brotherly love, and refers to eros, erotic love. The
Greeks also spoke of storge, which is a love between family members.
Agape love is a little different. It is not a feeling; it's a motivation for action
that we are free to choose or reject. Agape is a sacrificial love that voluntarily
suffers inconvenience, discomfort, and even death for the benefit of another without
expecting anything in return. We are called to agape love through Christ's example:
"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ
loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God"
(Ephesians 5:1-2).