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1 Corinthians 13:4-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 [a]Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated,(A) 5 it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,(B) 6 it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.(C)
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- 13:4–7 This paragraph is developed by personification and enumeration, defining love by what it does or does not do. The Greek contains fifteen verbs; it is natural to translate many of them by adjectives in English.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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4 Love is patient,(A) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.(B) 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,(C) it is not easily angered,(D) it keeps no record of wrongs.(E) 6 Love does not delight in evil(F) but rejoices with the truth.(G) 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.(H)
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
King James Version
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
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1 Peter 4:8
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1 Peter 4:8
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1 Peter 4:8
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1 Peter 4:8
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8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
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