1 Corinthians 13:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴ Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ 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.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Common English Bible

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind, it isn’t jealous, it doesn’t brag, it isn’t arrogant,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;

1 Corinthians 13:4 Cross References

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister; and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”

Genesis 37:11

And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

Nehemiah 9:17

they refused to obey, and were not mindful of the wonders which thou didst perform among them; but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But thou art a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and didst not forsake them.

Psalm 10:5

His ways prosper at all times; thy judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Proverbs 13:10

By insolence the heedless make strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so quit before the quarrel breaks out.

Proverbs 17:9

He who forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.

Proverbs 19:22

What is desired in a man is loyalty, and a poor man is better than a liar.

Proverbs 31:20

She opens her hand to the poor, and reaches out her hands to the needy.

Proverbs 31:26

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for deference will make amends for great offenses.

Matthew 27:18

For he knew that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up.

Acts 7:9

“And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him,

Romans 1:29

They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips,

Romans 13:13

let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving like ordinary men?

1 Corinthians 4:18

Some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.

1 Corinthians 4:6

I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brethren, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.

1 Corinthians 5:2

And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” “Knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear that perhaps I may come and find you not what I wish, and that you may find me not what you wish; that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

2 Corinthians 6:6

by purity, knowledge, forbearance, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love,

Galatians 5:26

Let us have no self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy of one another.

Ephesians 4:2

with all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love,

Ephesians 4:32

and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Philippians 1:15

Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will.

Colossians 1:11

May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,

Colossians 2:18

Let no one disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,

Colossians 3:12

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience,

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.

1 Timothy 6:4

he is puffed up with conceit, he knows nothing; he has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, base suspicions,

2 Timothy 2:25

correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth,

2 Timothy 3:10

Now you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,

2 Timothy 4:2

preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another;

James 4:5

Or do you suppose it is in vain that the scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit which he has made to dwell in us”?

1 Peter 2:1

So put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander.

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love of the brethren, a tender heart and a humble mind.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.

2 Peter 1:7

and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.