Focused Passage

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

The More Excellent Way of Love

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.

6 Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.

7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

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Verse 4

Cross-references

Galatians 5:22 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 4:8 Classic cross-references Ephesians 4:32 Classic cross-references Galatians 5:21 Classic cross-references Romans 13:10 Classic cross-references 1 John 4:7-11 OliveGrove study links John 13:34-35 OliveGrove study links Romans 5:8 OliveGrove study links

Original words

- Ἡ G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular Love ἀγάπη G26 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular is patient μακροθυμεῖ G3114 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular - ἡ G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular love ἀγάπη G26 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular is kind χρηστεύεται G5541 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular - ἡ G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular [It] ἀγάπη G26 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular vvv οὐ G3756 Adverb does not envy ζηλοῖ G2206 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular vvv οὐ G3756 Adverb it does not boast περπερεύεται G4068 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular vvv οὐ G3756 Adverb it is not proud φυσιοῦται G5448 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular

Verse 5

Cross-references

1 Corinthians 10:24 Classic cross-references Philippians 2:3 Classic cross-references 1 John 3:16 Classic cross-references James 1:19 Classic cross-references Philippians 2:21 Classic cross-references 1 John 4:7-11 OliveGrove study links John 13:34-35 OliveGrove study links Romans 5:8 OliveGrove study links

Original words

vvv οὐκ G3756 Adverb It is not rude ἀσχημονεῖ G807 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular vvv οὐ G3756 Adverb it is not self-seeking ζητεῖ G2212 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular . . . τὰ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Plural . . . ἑαυτῆς G1438 Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular vvv οὐ G3756 Adverb it is not easily angered παροξύνεται G3947 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular vvv οὐ G3756 Adverb it keeps no account λογίζεται G3049 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular - τὸ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Singular of wrongs κακόν G2556 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular

Verse 6

Cross-references

Romans 12:9 Classic cross-references 3 John 1:3 Classic cross-references 2 John 1:4 Classic cross-references Romans 1:32 Classic cross-references 2 Thessalonians 2:12 Classic cross-references 1 John 4:7-11 OliveGrove study links John 13:34-35 OliveGrove study links Romans 5:8 OliveGrove study links

Original words

vvv οὐ G3756 Adverb [Love] takes no pleasure χαίρει G5463 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular in ἐπὶ G1909 Preposition - τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular evil ἀδικίᾳ G93 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular but δὲ G1161 Conjunction rejoices συνχαίρει G4796 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular in the τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular truth ἀληθείᾳ G225 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular

Verse 7

Cross-references

1 Peter 4:8 Classic cross-references Ephesians 4:2 Classic cross-references 1 Corinthians 13:4 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:24 Classic cross-references 2 Timothy 2:24 Classic cross-references 1 John 4:7-11 OliveGrove study links John 13:34-35 OliveGrove study links Romans 5:8 OliveGrove study links

Original words

It bears στέγει G4722 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular all things πάντα G3956 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural believes πιστεύει G4100 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular all things πάντα G3956 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural hopes ἐλπίζει G1679 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular all things πάντα G3956 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural endures ὑπομένει G5278 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular all things πάντα G3956 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural

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