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Of I Corinthians 13:1-13, these are the versus that really speak to me:
“4: Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful;
5: it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
6: it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.
7: Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8: Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.”
Love: I Corinthians 13:1-13: I Corinthians 13:1-13
Interestingly, there are many different versions of these. Take a look at this, for example:
Here’s the NAB – New American Bible version:
USCCB – NAB – 1 Corinthians 13:
4
Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated,
5
it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,
6
it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
7
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8
Love never fails. If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing.”
In Verse 6, I like the difference of “truth” and “right”. Personally, I like “truth”. But as you can see, there are many differences.
Here’s the ESV Bible (English Standard Version):
ESV Bible Online: Passage: 1 Corinthians 13
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.”
Here’s the King James Version Study Bible, Red-letter Edition
1 Corinthians, Chapter 13 (King James Bible) ChristianAnswers.Net WebBible
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Charity 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.
Here’s the New International Version
BibleGateway.com Passage Lookup: 1 Corinthians 13
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
I guess I could go on and on with this. No matter how you spin it, it comes down to this: think of others, be nice to each other, don’t be a jerk(and be smug about it), be nice to each other. And… oh yeah, did I mention BE NICE TO EACH OTHER!
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