I am bothered by the cultural interpretation of love as an emotion. Love is much more than that, for we are commanded to love our enemies(Matthew 5:44). The Bible tells us to "love the Lord your God (vertical) and yourself (internal) and your neighbor likewise (horizontal) (Luke 10:27)."
I Corinthians 13 is the love chapter, but it welcomes a strange intrusion in verses 8-12 with the subject of knowledge. What does knowledge and love have to do with each other?
Well, it suggests that love is cognitive. It's an act of the will not an act of the emotion. It also suggests that love is related to maturity (vs.11). "When I was a child, I spake..." The implication is that, love requires us to look beyond the act, and investigate the internal intent. Partial knowledge (vs. 9) "now we know in part.." produces premature judgment. Premature judgment produces inmature speech. It is not until perfect knowledge appears, that we exercise perfect love.
In our relationships with people, our goal should be knowledge/understanding. View them as they are, not as they do. For this is what grace is. This is how our redemption through Christ was purchased!
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