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Love Is You
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Oct 29, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Nearly every line of the verses comes from Paul's description of love. "Love is patient, understands / Does not seek its own plans," "Bears all things, believes all things," "Is not rude or impolite" are the vocabulary of 1 Corinthians 13 set to a soul groove. Candi Staton closes each stanza with the same short answer: "Love is you."
That refrain is what lifts the song above a recitation. Paul's list of what love does becomes a description of a person, much as John writes that God is love. The stanza about "hope," "faith," and "charity" arrives at "the greatest of all three," and the song fills in the blank with "Love is you."
Between the stanzas comes the plain confession "I believe in love... I believe in you," moving from the idea to the one who embodies it.
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Love is good, love is kind
Love is sweet, love is [?]
Love is wise, as time
Love is you
Love is patient, understands
Does not seek its own plans
Bears all things, believes all things
Love is you
Love is a friend to the end
Perseveres, will not fail
Keeps on trying, will prevail
Love is you
There is hope, there is faith
There is charity
But the greatest of all three
Love is you
I believe in love
I believe in love
I believe in love
I believe in you, you you
I believe in love
I believe in love
I believe in love
I believe in you, you you
Love is secure, suffers long
Does not envy, seeks its own
Cares for you, stands by you
Love is you
Is not rude or impolite
Is not jealous when you're out of sight
Trust and believes, serves and receives
Love is you
Hey, hey, I believe in love
I believe in love
I believe in love
I believe in you, you you
I believe in love
I believe in love
I believe in love
I believe in you, you you
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