"[Love] is not irritable or resentful…" (1 Corinthians 13:5b NRSV)
It certainly is easy to be irritated at one another, and to become resentful of one another. Sometimes, of course, these reactions may be caused by fatigue or other circumstances. Husbands and wives know how easy it is to react hastily under the pressure of family tensions. But they know also that such reactions do not really contradict the genuine love that unites them. In the less personal relations of society this is not nearly so obvious. So we need to be aware that irritation and resentment are destructive. They betray lack of trust and goodwill.
It is intended "that there may be no discord in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another" (12:25). If we learn to care for one another, and trust one another, we will be less inclined to burst out in irritation or resentment.
-- Chester A. Pennington in “A More Excellent Way”
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