1 Corinthians 13:7 - Love (2024)

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New International Version
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.New Living Translation
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circ*mstance.English Standard Version
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.Berean Standard Bible
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.Berean Literal Bible
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.King James Bible
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.New King James Version
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.New American Standard Bible
it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.NASB 1995
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.NASB 1977
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.Legacy Standard Bible
it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.Amplified Bible
Love bears all things [regardless of what comes], believes all things [looking for the best in each one], hopes all things [remaining steadfast during difficult times], endures all things [without weakening].Christian Standard Bible
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.Holman Christian Standard Bible
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. American Standard Version
beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Endures all things, believes all things, hopes all, bears all.Contemporary English Version
Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting. Douay-Rheims Bible
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. English Revised Version
beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.GOD'S WORD® Translation
Love never stops being patient, never stops believing, never stops hoping, never gives up.Good News Translation
Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail. International Standard Version
She bears up under everything; believes the best in all; there is no limit to her hope, and never will she fall.Literal Standard Version
it bears all things, it believes all, it hopes all, it endures all.Majority Standard Bible
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.New American Bible
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.NET Bible
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. New Revised Standard Version
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.New Heart English Bible
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.Webster's Bible Translation
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.Weymouth New Testament
She knows how to be silent. She is full of trust, full of hope, full of patient endurance.World English Bible
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. Young's Literal Translation
all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.Additional Translations ...

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Context

Love
6Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. 7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.…

Cross References

Mark 9:23
"If You can?" echoed Jesus. "All things are possible to him who believes!"1 Corinthians 9:12
If others have this right to your support, shouldn't we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

Treasury of Scripture

Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Beareth.

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

Numbers 11:12-14 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? …

Deuteronomy 1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

believeth.

Psalm 119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

hopeth.

Luke 7:37-39,44-46 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, …

Luke 19:4-10 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way

Romans 8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

endureth.

1 Corinthians 9:18-22 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel…

Genesis 29:20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

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1 Corinthians 13

1. All gifts,
3. however excellent, are of no worth without love.
4. The praises thereof,
13. as love is greatest before hope and faith.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(7) Beareth all things.--The full thought of the original here is that love silently endures whatever it has to suffer.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 7. - Beareth all things (see on 1 Corinthians 9:12). Endures wrongs and evils, and covers them with a beautiful reticence. Thus love "covereth all sins" (Proverbs 10:12; 1 Peter 4:8). Believeth all things. Takes the best and kindest views of all men and all circ*mstances, as long as it is possible to do so. It is the opposite to the common spirit, which drags everything in deteriorem partem, paints it in the darkest colours, and makes the worst of it. Love is entirely alien from the spirit of the cynic, the pessimist, the ecclesiastical rival, the anonymous slanderer, the secret detractor. Hopeth all things. Christians seem to have lost sight altogether of the truth that hope is something more than the result of a sanguine temperament, that it is a gift and a grace. Hope is averse to sourness and gloom. It takes sunny and cheerful views of man, of the world, and of God, because it is a sister of love. Endureth all things. Whether the "seventy times seven" offences of a brother (Luke 17:4), or the wrongs of patient merit (2 Timothy 2:24), or the sufferings and self. denials and persecutions of the life spent in doing good (2 Timothy 2:10). The reader need hardly he reminded that in these verses he has a picture of the life and character of Christ. Parallel Commentaries ...

Greek

It bears
στέγει (stegei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4722: To cover, conceal, ward off, bear with, endure patiently. From stege; to roof over, i.e. to cover with silence.

all things,
πάντα (panta)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

believes
πιστεύει (pisteuei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.

all things,
πάντα (panta)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

hopes
ἐλπίζει (elpizei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1679: To hope, hope for, expect, trust. From elpis; to expect or confide.

all things,
πάντα (panta)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

endures
ὑπομένει (hypomenei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5278: From hupo and meno; to stay under, i.e. Remain; figuratively, to undergo, i.e. Bear, have fortitude, persevere.

all things.
πάντα (panta)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

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1 Corinthians 13:7 - Love? ›

1 Corinthians 13:7 AMP

What does 1 Corinthians 13:7 mean? ›

“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” 1 Corinthians 13:7. Reflection: Nothing of great value comes easily. To preserve our relationships, we must often pass through many difficulties and hardships. God gives us the gift of love to see us through.

What does 1 Corinthians 13 teach us about love? ›

Scripture. 1 Corinthians 13:4–8a (ESV) Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.

What does it mean that love is not self-seeking? ›

The Bible teaches that one of the prominent characteristics that reveals the force and nature of love is that it “seeketh not her own” (1 Corinthian 13:5, KJV) or “is not self-seeking” (NIV). Essentially this means that those who embody true, biblical love do not insist upon their own way or their own rights.

What is the meaning of love is patient, love is kind? ›

Love is patient. Love actively waits for others without resentment. This would include being patient in the face of being hurt or mistreated. Love is kind. Beyond mere politeness, kindness involves acting for the good of others even when it does not benefit ourselves.

What is the prayer for 1 Corinthians 13 7? ›

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Dear Father, give me love! May I one day possess fully all the qualities of love, as did your son, Jesus, the Messiah! May I be patient and kind, not jealous or boastful, not arrogant or rude, not insisting on my own way, not ever irritable or resentful.

What does 2 Corinthians 13:7 mean? ›

None will be spared from Christ's discipline if they remain unrepentant. They will see that Christ speaks through Paul when he executes Christ's powerful discipline among them. He urges them to examine themselves to see if Christ is in them and he prays for their restoration.

What love looks like in 1 Corinthians 13? ›

Section 2: How Christ-like Love Looks

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres” (1 Corinthians 13:4-7).

What does the Bible say about true love? ›

“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). And “if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another” (1 John 4:11). In other words, true love is always sacrificial, self-giving, merciful, compassionate, sympathetic, kind, generous, and patient.

How can you apply 1 Corinthians 13 to your life? ›

The Bible repeatedly tells us to love neighbors more than ourselves, to help strangers and to live out kindness. So, it should come as no surprise that 1 Corinthians 13 4-7 tells us that love is also kindness. As we consider how we treat friends, family and strangers, let's fully integrate this message into our lives.

Can you love someone without self-love? ›

Self-love is undoubtedly beneficial for nurturing healthy connections—but it doesn't necessarily have to be achieved before experiencing the love of another.

How do I know if I don't love myself? ›

You beat yourself up for past failings. You think you have no gifts or talents or you play them down. You're self-critical, only seeing your flaws and feeling unworthy. You lack self-confidence, so you never try anything that feels risky.

Can you love others without loving yourself bible? ›

What does the Bible say about self-love? Many point to Jesus' command in Mark 12:31 as evidence for the Bible's support of self-love. We should love our neighbors as we love ourselves, so it must follow that we cannot love others if we do not love ourselves first.

What is the main idea of 1 Corinthians 13? ›

As Paul describes it, God's kind of love sets self aside, over and over, endlessly, for the good of others. Spiritual gifts exist for the building up of the church now, but believers will live in love for eternity. Christ-like love is the greatest of all the virtues, and it should be the priority of every Christian.

How does God define love? ›

Definition of Love in the Bible

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

What are the 4 meanings of love in the Bible? ›

The four types found in the Bible are Greek: Agape, Storge, Philia, and Eros. Agape (Uh-GAH-pay):is the love of all humans; charitable; it is the highest form. The Agape form is the love given whether or not it is returned. It is God's spiritual love toward humankind.

What does bound and loosed in heaven mean? ›

The words bind and loose mean: Whomever you exclude from your communion, will be excluded from communion with God; whomever you receive anew into your communion, God will welcome back into his. Reconciliation with the Church is inseparable from reconciliation with God.

What does it mean to visit orphans and widows in their affliction? ›

Visiting orphans and widows is so much more than just taking a trip to another country to hand out some food to people you will never see again; visiting orphans and widows means to look after, to take care of, to provide for, with the implication of continuous responsibility.

What does your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit mean? ›

1 Corinthians 6:19 is a powerful reminder of the sacredness of our bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit. It calls us to honor and respect our bodies, taking care of our physical, mental, and emotional health, and living in accordance with God's standards and values.

What does it mean to have your feet fitted with the Gospel of Peace? ›

The word “gospel” means “good news,” referring to the sacrifice Jesus made for us so that we can be saved. As a result, this brings us peace. As Christians, we are called to share the good news of Christ with others. Having our shoes fitted with the gospel of peace allows us to do this successfully.

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