1 Corinthians 13:4

The love is-being-far-[furious]desire-ing[i.e. longsuffering]. It-is-being-benevolent. The love is_not_zeal-ing. The love is_not_bragging-self. It-is_not_being-inflated.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3and-supposing I-may-morsel-ize all the[plural] originating-under/undertaking of{me} and if-supposing I-may-give-aside/deliver the body of{me} in-which-place I-will-be-ignited[i.e. burned], moreover would_not_be-having love, I-am-being-profited nothing.

5It-is_not_being-without-decorum/indecorous/indecent. It-is_not_seeking the[plural] of{sameself}. It-is_not_being-paroxysm-ed. It-is_not_word-izing/reckoning/accounting-self the bad.

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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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