1 Corinthians 13:4
Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated.
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In Context
5Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11Therefore, his brothers were envious of him. Yet truly, his father considered the matter silently.
1 Samuel 25:33And blessed are you, who prevented me today from going to blood, and from taking revenge for myself with my own hand.
Nehemiah 9:17And they were not willing to hear, and they did not remember, your miracles which you had accomplished for them. And they hardened their necks, and they offered their head, so that they would return to their servitude, as if in contention. But you, a forgiving God, lenient and merciful, longsuffering and full of compassion, did not abandon them.
Proverbs 10:12Hatred rises up from disputes. And charity covers all offenses.
Proverbs 17:9Whoever conceals an offense seeks friendships. Whoever repeats the words of another separates allies.
Proverbs 19:22An indigent man is merciful. And a pauper is better than a deceitful man.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 13:2-4
On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Here the apostle shows… Read the whole commentary →