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charity

Meaning of “charity”

Love that seeks another's good.

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Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
28 occurrences24 verses12 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: 1 Corinthians 8:1

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Showing verses 21–24 of 24 · 28 word occurrences in this result

2 Peter 1:7
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Peter 1:7 · retained source text

And to godlinesse, brotherly kindnesse; and to brotherly kindnesse, charitie.

3 John 1:6
Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 3 John 1:6 · retained source text

Which haue borne witnesse of thy charitie before the Church: whome if thou bring forward on their iourney after a godly sort, thou shalt doe well:

Jude 1:12
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jude 1:12 · retained source text

These are spottes in your feasts of charitie, when they feast with you, feeding themselues without feare: cloudes they are without water, caried about of winds, trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twise dead, plucked vp by the rootes.

Revelation 2:19
I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 2:19 · retained source text

I know thy works, and charitie, and seruice, and faith, and thy patience, and thy workes, and the last to bee more then the first.

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