Love Does Not Boast...

Love does not boast. The NKJV says: "Love does not parade itself." The KJV says: "Love vaunteth not itself." Another version says: "Love does not brag." Boast means to speak of oneself with exaggeration and excessive pride; to be self-admiring. Brag implies exaggerated claims and often an air of insolent superiority. To vaunt one's self is to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits, courage, descent, and wealth. Because love is not self-promoting; it has no need to boast. Love lavishes praise on others and does not focus on self. Scripture says that because we are saved by grace, no man can boast. With God's complete, undeserved, unconditional love; boasting is excluded. Let another's lips praise you and not your own. Love does not boast.