1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous. Love is not boastful. Love is not proud.
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Genesis 37:11Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.
1 Samuel 25:33May you be rewarded for your wise decisions, for preventing me from shedding blood today and taking my own revenge.
Nehemiah 9:17They refused to listen to you, and forgot about all the miracles you did for them. They became obstinate and decided to choose themselves a leader to take them back to slavery in Egypt. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and merciful, slow to get angry, and full of trustworthy love. You did not give up on them,
Proverbs 10:12Hatred causes conflict, but love covers all wrongs.
Proverbs 17:9If you forgive a wrong you encourage friendship, but if you keep talking about it you'll lose your friend.
Proverbs 19:22The most desirable thing in anyone is trustworthy love; it is better to be poor than a liar.
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 →