1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is long-suffering, is kind; love envieth not; love is no vain boaster, is not inflated with pride,

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 if I deal out all my goods in alms, and deliver up my body that I should be burned, but have not love, I am nothing advantaged by it.

5doth not act unseemly, seeketh not her own advantage, is not passionate, thinketh no evil;

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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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