1 Corinthians 13:4
Love (o. agape) suffers long, and is kind; love (o. agape) envies not; love (o. agape) vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,
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In Context
5Does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
1 Samuel 25:33And blessed be your advice, and blessed be you, which have kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
Nehemiah 9:17And refused to obey, neither were mindful of your wonders that you did among them; but hardened their necks, 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 of great kindness, and forsook them not.
Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up strifes: but love covers all sins.
Proverbs 17:9He that covers a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.
Proverbs 19:22The desire of a man is his kindness: and 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 →