Love cannot listen to gossip. We love each other; we are fellow believers. If somebody gossips about us, the other person will not listen to it, because there is too much respect and affection. ‘I am not listening to unjust, unsubstantiated gossip, because my regard is too high. You are a gossiper? It is because you are a backslidden person, and there is no love in you. If you are a listener to gossip, your love must be pretty low, to listen to things which are evidently unfair and out of order and untrue. Love won’t suffer it, can’t rejoice in it. Some people, they love gossip. In the world people love hearing bad things about other people. But Christian people, who have a high regard for each other, cannot listen to bad things and unjust things, and lightweight gossip. On the other hand, the things we like to listen to are honest and true statements that are edifying and good.