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1 Corinthians 13:4-5 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 13 · verses 4–5
4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;1 Corinthians 13:4-5 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 13:4-5 in context
2And 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.
3And 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.
4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
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Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Peter 4:8
- Ephesians 4:32
- Galatians 5:21-22
- Proverbs 10:12
- Colossians 3:12
- 1 John 4:11
- Proverbs 17:9
- James 3:14-17
- 1 Corinthians 10:24
- Philippians 2:3-5
- 1 John 3:16-17
- James 1:19
Key words (Strong's)
- provokedparoxynōto make sharp, sharpen, to stimulate, spur on, urge, to irritate, provoke, arouse to…G3947 →
- thinkethlogizomaito reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over, to take into account, to make an…G3049 →
- Charityagapēaffection, good will, love, benevolence, brotherly love, love feastsG26 →
- enviethzēloōto burn with zeal, to be heated or to boil with envy, hatred, anger, in a good sense, to…G2206 →
- seekethzēteōto seek in order to find, to seek a thing, to seek [in order to find out] by thinking…G2212 →
- longmakrothymeōto be of a long spirit, not to lose heart, to persevere patiently and bravely in enduring…G3114 →
- evilkakosof a bad nature, not such as it ought to be, of a mode of thinking, feeling, acting…G2556 →
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The apostle gives us in these verses some of the properties and effects of charity, both to describe and commend it, that we may know whether we have this grace and that if we have not we may fall in love with what is so exceedingly amiable, and not rest till we have obtained it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-7