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1 Corinthians 13:4

Love for othersPatienceEnvy and jealousyPride

2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

3 If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.

6 Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.

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BSB
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
KJV
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
WEB
Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
ASV
Love suffereth long, [and] is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
DARBY
Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous [of others]; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,
BLB
Love is patient, it is kind; love does not envy, love does not boast, it is not puffed up.
ÅB
Kjærligheten er langmodig, er velvillig; kjærligheten bærer ikke avind, kjærligheten brammer ikke, oppblåses ikke,
OTB
Kjærligheten er tålmodig, er velvillig; den misunner ikke, skryter ikke, er ikke hovmodig.
B1930
Kjærligheten er langmodig, er velvillig; kjærligheten bærer ikke avind, kjærligheten brammer ikke, opblåses ikke,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Short explanation

Love is patient and kind. Paul describes love as something you do, not only something you feel.

Context: The hymn to love, in the middle of a letter about disagreement in the church in Corinth. Often used at weddings.

See also: 1 Corinthians 13:13, John 13:34

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