Aroha
1 Ahakoa kōrero noa ahau i ngā reo o ngā tāngata, o ngā anahera, ki te kāhore ōku aroha, ka rite ahau ki te parāhi tangi, ki te himipora tatangi. 2 Ahakoa kei ahau te mahi poropiti, ā, kitea ana e ahau ngā mea ngaro katoa, me te mātauranga katoa; ahakoa kei ahau katoa te whakapono, e taea ai te whakaneke i ngā maunga, ki te kāhore ōku aroha, ehara rawa ahau. 3 Ahakoa ka hoatu e ahau āku taonga katoa hei whāngai i te hunga rawakore, ahakoa ka tukua e ahau tōku tinana kia tahuna, ki te kāhore ōku aroha, kāhore rawa he pai ki ahau.
4 He manawanui te aroha, ā, he atawhai; e kore te aroha e hae; e kore te aroha e whakaī, e kore e whakapehapeha, 5 kāhore ōna tikanga whanokē, e kore e whai ki āna ake, e kore e riri wawe, e kore e whakairi kino; 6 e kore e hari ki te hē, engari ka hari tahi me te pono; 7 e whakamanawanui ana ki ngā mea katoa, e whakapono ana ki ngā mea katoa, e tūmanako ana ki ngā mea katoa, e whakaririka kau ana ki ngā mea katoa.