1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
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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 amongst 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 offence 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 →