1 Corinthians 13:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)4 [Note: The following traits should be understood in the context of love for people]. Love is patient [with people], and is kind [to them]; love does not envy [what people are or have]; love does not boast [of being superior to others], it is not arrogant [in dealing with people]. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17694 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition4 Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)4 Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible4 Love is patient, love is kind, it isn’t jealous, it doesn’t brag, it isn’t arrogant, Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version4 Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated. Ver Capítulo |
Now I have applied these things, brothers, to myself and to Apollos as an illustration for your benefit, so that you might learn to “follow the written message.” [Note: This is thought to have been a common way of referring, in that day, to the importance of adhering to Old Testament Scripture]. So, none of you should be more proud of one [leader] than of another.
I now want to reply to the matter of idolatrous sacrifices [which you wrote to me about]. We know that we all possess knowledge. [Note: This may be a statement posed to Paul by the Corinthians, who seemed quite preoccupied with “knowledge”]. Knowledge [only] makes people arrogant, while love builds them up [spiritually].
Do not allow anyone, who delights in acting humble [i.e., living an ascetic life] and who worships angels, to rob you of your reward [in heaven]. [Note: This “angel worship” could mean holding angels in high regard because of their role as God’s messengers, or the claim that God can be approached only through angelic intermediaries]. He places great importance on what he [claims to] see [i.e., visions], being inflated with pride by his fleshly mind for no [good] reason.