1 Corinthians 13:4
Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
5Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil;
Cross References
Genesis 37:11His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself.
1 Samuel 25:33And blessed be thou, who hast kept me to day, from coming to blood, and revenging me with my own hand.
Nehemiah 9:17And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, didst not forsake them.
Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins.
Proverbs 17:9He that concealeth a transgression. seeketh friendships: he that repeateth it again, separateth friends.
Proverbs 19:22A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying 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 →