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1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

World English Bible Classic

In The King James Version

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

In Context

3If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.

5doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

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Cross References

Genesis 37:11His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.

1 Samuel 25:33Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

Nehemiah 9:17and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.

Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Proverbs 17:9He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

Proverbs 19:22That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better 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 →

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