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And in every step toward this desirable end, the overcoming of evil with good, love is kind.It is soft, mild, benign.It stands at the furthest distance from sullenness, from all harshness or sourness of spirit, and it inspires the one who suffers with, at once, the most amiable sweetness and the most fervent and tender affection.
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4. And in every step toward this desirable end, the overcoming evil with good, love is kind: (χρηστεύεται· a word not easily translated) it is soft, mild, benign. It stands at the utmost distance from moroseness, from all harshness or sowerness of spirit; and inspires the sufferer at once with the most amiable sweetness, and the most fervent and tender affection.