1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
1 Samuel 25:33Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
Nehemiah 9:17They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
Proverbs 17:9Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
Proverbs 19:22The desire of a man is loving devotion; 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 →