1 Corinthians 13:4–7
Paul describes love: patient, kind, without envy or pride
Study it word by word4Love is patient, is kind; love does not envy; love does not brag, is not puffed up;
5it does not behave improperly, does not seek its own interests, is not provoked, does not keep a record of evil;
6it does not rejoice at unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
7it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
In its context
2And if I have prophecy and know all the mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
3And if I give away as food all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I will be burned, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
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8Love never fails; but whether prophecies, they will be done away with; whether tongues, they will cease; whether knowledge, it will be done away with.
9For we know in part and we prophesy in part;
Its words in the original
- ἀγάπηagapē· love
Love.
- μακροθυμεῖmakrothymei· be patient
Be patient, put up with something without getting angry, wait patiently.
- χρηστεύεταιchrēsteuetai· be kind
Be kind, treat others with kindness.
- ζηλοῖzēloi· be jealous, desire
Be jealous, envious; desire eagerly, be zealous for.
- περπερεύεταιperpereuetai· brag
Brag, boast, show off.
- φυσιοῦταιphysioutai· puff up
Puff up; be puffed up with pride.
- ἀσχημονεῖaschēmonei· behave improperly
Behave improperly, act in a shameful or unbecoming way.
- ζητεῖzētei· seek
Look for, seek; try to.
- παροξύνεταιparoxynetai· be provoked
Be provoked, irritated, indignant.
- λογίζεταιlogizetai· reckon, consider
Count, reckon, consider.
- κακόνkakon· bad, evil
Bad, evil.
- χαίρειchairei· rejoice
Rejoice, be glad. As a greeting, "hail!" or "greetings!".
- ἀδικίᾳadikiai· unrighteousness
Injustice, unrighteousness.
- συγχαίρειsynchairei· rejoice with
Rejoice with someone, share their joy.
- ἀληθείᾳalētheiai· truth
Truth.
- στέγειstegei· bear, endure
Bear, endure, put up with; also cover, keep from view.
- πιστεύειpisteuei· believe
Believe, trust.
- ἐλπίζειelpizei· hope
Hope, put one's hope in something or someone.
- ὑπομένειhypomenei· endure, remain
Endure, hold out; also stay behind.