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1 Corinthians 13:4

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Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
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  1. 1 Peter 4:8Rank 1 from verse 4
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    8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

  2. Ephesians 4:32Rank 2 from verse 4
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    32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

  3. Galatians 5:21–22Rank 3 from verse 4
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    21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

  4. Proverbs 10:12Rank 4 from verse 4
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    12Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

  5. Colossians 3:12Rank 5 from verse 4
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    12Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

  6. 1 John 4:11Rank 6 from verse 4
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    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

  7. Proverbs 17:9Rank 7 from verse 4
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    9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

  8. James 3:14–17Rank 8 from verse 4
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    14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

    15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

    16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

    17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

  9. 1 John 3:16–18Rank 9 from verse 4
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    16Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

    17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

    18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

  10. 1 Peter 3:8Rank 10 from verse 4
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    8Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

  11. 2 Peter 1:7Rank 11 from verse 4
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    7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

  12. Luke 6:35–36Rank 12 from verse 4
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    35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

    36Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

  13. 1 Thessalonians 5:14Rank 13 from verse 4
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    14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

  14. 2 Corinthians 6:6Rank 14 from verse 4
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    6By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

  15. Ephesians 4:2Rank 15 from verse 4
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    2With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

  16. Ecclesiastes 7:8–9Rank 16 from verse 4
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    8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

    9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

  17. Proverbs 19:22Rank 17 from verse 4
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    22The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

  18. Galatians 5:26Rank 18 from verse 4
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    26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

  19. 2 Timothy 4:2Rank 19 from verse 4
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    2Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

  20. Colossians 1:11Rank 20 from verse 4
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    11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

  21. Proverbs 31:20Rank 21 from verse 4
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    20She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

  22. 1 Corinthians 4:6Rank 22 from verse 4
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    6And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

  23. 1 Peter 2:1Rank 23 from verse 4
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    1WHEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

  24. 2 Timothy 3:10Rank 24 from verse 4
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    10But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,

  25. Proverbs 13:10Rank 25 from verse 4
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    10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

  26. Proverbs 17:14Rank 26 from verse 4
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    14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

  27. Proverbs 31:26Rank 27 from verse 4
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    26She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

  28. Acts 7:9Rank 28 from verse 4
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    9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

  29. Nehemiah 9:17Rank 29 from verse 4
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    17And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, 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 of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

  30. Philippians 2:1–5Rank 30 from verse 4
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    1IF there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

    2Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

    3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

    4Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

    5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

  31. 1 Corinthians 3:3Rank 31 from verse 4
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    3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

  32. Titus 3:3Rank 32 from verse 4
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    3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

  33. 2 Timothy 2:25Rank 33 from verse 4
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    25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

  34. Ecclesiastes 10:4Rank 34 from verse 4
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    4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

  35. Psalms 10:5Rank 35 from verse 4
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    5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

  36. 1 Timothy 6:4Rank 36 from verse 4
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    4He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

  37. 1 Corinthians 4:18Rank 37 from verse 4
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    18Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.

  38. 1 Corinthians 8:1Rank 38 from verse 4
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    1NOW as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

  39. Proverbs 25:8–10Rank 39 from verse 4
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    8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

    9Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:

    10Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

  40. 1 Kings 20:10–11Rank 40 from verse 4
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    10And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

    11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

  41. 1 Samuel 25:21–22Rank 41 from verse 4
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    21Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

    22So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

  42. Daniel 3:19–22Rank 42 from verse 4
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    19¶ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

    20And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

    21Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

    22Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.

  43. Genesis 37:11Rank 43 from verse 4
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    11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

  44. Romans 1:29Rank 44 from verse 4
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    29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

  45. Romans 13:13Rank 45 from verse 4
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    13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

  46. 1 Corinthians 5:2Rank 46 from verse 4
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    2And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

  47. 1 Samuel 25:33–34Rank 47 from verse 4
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    33And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

    34For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

  48. 2 Corinthians 12:20Rank 48 from verse 4
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    20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

  49. Colossians 2:18Rank 49 from verse 4
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    18Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

  50. James 4:5Rank 50 from verse 4
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    5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

  51. Matthew 27:18Rank 51 from verse 4
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    18For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

  52. Philippians 1:15Rank 52 from verse 4
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    15Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

  53. Genesis 30:1Rank 53 from verse 4
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    1AND when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

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1 Corinthians 13:4

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charity

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Love that seeks another's good.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

suffereth

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Third-person singular present form of suffer. Sense 1: To suffer: to bear, undergo, or endure. Sense 2: To allow or permit.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

long

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Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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kind

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Sense 1: A class, sort, nature, or group sharing common characteristics. Sense 2: Benevolent, gracious, helpful, or gentle.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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12:31But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

13:1THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

13:2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

13:3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

13:4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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13:5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

13:6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

13:7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

13:8Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

13:9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

13:10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

13:11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

13:12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13:13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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