1 Corinthians 13:4
Loue suffreth long: it is bountifull: loue enuieth not: loue doeth not boast it selfe: it is not puffed vp:
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Genesis 37:11And his brethren enuied him, but his father noted the saying.
1 Samuel 25:33And blessed be thy counsel, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from comming to shed blood, and that mine hand hath not saued me.
Nehemiah 9:17But refused to obey, and would not remember thy marueilous works that thou haddest done for them, but hardened their neckes, and had in their heads to returne to their bondage by their rebellion: but thou, O God of mercies, gratious and full of compassion, of long suffring and of great mercie, yet forsookest them not.
Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirreth vp contentions: but loue couereth all trespasses.
Proverbs 17:9Hee that couereth a transgression, seeketh loue: but hee that repeateth a matter, separateth the prince.
Proverbs 19:22That that is to be desired of a man, is his goodnes, and a poore man is better then a lyer.
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 →