Devine Scripture

1 Corinthians 13:4

1 Corinthians chapter 13 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Context

v.3And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

v.4This passage

v.5doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Nehemiah 9:17

    and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

  • 2 Timothy 4:2

    preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

  • 2 Corinthians 12:20

    For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means there should be strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

  • 1 Samuel 25:33

    and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:8

    Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

  • 2 Peter 1:7

    and in your godliness brotherly kindness; and in your brotherly kindness love.