I hope you won't mind the choice of answer here.
Not a bible basher but I think a pretty good answer can be acquired from the following which I remember from Corinthians. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
It even says you don't need to have faith so long as you at least got love, cause love is all that counts!
1 Cor 13 to be precise. It's a tough question to answer, which I don't think can be answered in a short and simple paragraph or two.