1 Corinthians 13:4
The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
5doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,
Cross References
Genesis 37:11and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter.
1 Samuel 25:33and blessed [is] thy discretion, and blessed [art] thou in that thou hast restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself.
Nehemiah 9:17yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou [art] a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.
Proverbs 10:12Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.
Proverbs 17:9Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.
Proverbs 19:22The desirableness of a man [is] his kindness, And better [is] the poor 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 →