¶ hiki iā mākou ke lele maoli i ka lani ma ka hāpai wale i ka hilinaʻi (ʻike i ka pou o nehinei)?
ʻAʻole, pono iā mākou he ʻēheu: aloha, ʻo ia ke aloha i ka hana. Hana pū ka manaʻoʻiʻo a me ke aloha, a maʻamau ka mea me ka ʻole o nā mea ʻē aʻe e waiho iā mākou ma ka honua, kaulahao ʻia i ka umekaumaha o ka makemake iho.
Akā ʻo ke aloha ka mea ʻoi loa o kēia. ʻAʻole hiki i ka makani ke hāpai i kahi ʻiliʻili mai ka honua, akā naʻe, hiki i kahi lewa jumbo me nā ʻeheu ke lele i ka lani.
A pehea inā nāwaliwali koʻu hilinaʻi? Inā ikaika ke aloha, hōʻike ʻia i ka lawelawe ʻana i ka hoanoho, hele mai ka ʻUhane Hemolele me he makani ikaika lā, e hāpai ana iā mākou ke hiki ʻole i ka hilinaʻi.
If I have faith to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
–St. Paul, 1 Kor 13