1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient; love is kind. Love does not envy, does not show off, is not puffed up.
Treated in 20 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Rooted – 30 Days with God for Youth – Book 3 ·
Day 2 — Love cites 1 Corinthians 13:4–7
…truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” — 1 Corinthians 13:4–7 (BSB) The first fruit on the list is love. That makes sense, because Jesus said the…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 7 — A Summary of the Christian Life cites 1 Cor. 13:4
…unless you renounce yourself, and become wholly devoted to others? “Charity (says he, 1 Cor. 13:4) suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not…
- The Key Teachings of Julia A. J. Foote ·
Every Temper Contrary to Love cites 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4
…long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. JOHN…
- The Key Teachings of C. S. Lewis ·
The Four Loves cites 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4
…long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4 Here Lewis made his central point. The natural loves are good, and they are images of the…
- The Key Teachings of George MacDonald ·
The Consuming Fire cites 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4
…it hates the person, but because it loves him. Charity suffereth long, and is kind. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4 So God’s holiness, which the Israelites saw as fire on the mountain, is not something in…
- Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael ·
Appendix a: Lessons from the Life of Amy Carmichael cites 1 Corinthians 13:4
…and slow to claim credit for themselves. “Love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up” (1 Corinthians 13:4, ASV). 16. Let the Plan Go She came to India to preach in the villages, and found herself…
- The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer ·
A Gift, Not an Ideal cites 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4–5
…behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4–5 Real people, real grace The whole chapter comes down to this: the fellowship God gives is…
- Humility ·
Humility in Daily Life cites 1 Corinthians 13:4
…love without humility as its root, “ does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. “ 1 Corinthians 13:4. To the Galatians: “Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one…
- Humility ·
Humility and Holiness cites 1 Corinthians 13:4
…saints, the servants of all? There is “love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant” 1 Corinthians 13:4 where the spirit of love is shed abroad in the heart, where the divine nature comes to a…
- The Key Teachings of Andrew Murray ·
The Fruit of the Spirit Is Love cites 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4
…long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4 He was very practical about where this love is tested. It is tested in temper, in speech…
- The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards ·
Distinguishing Marks cites 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4
…kind …beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4, 7 Believeth all things, hopeth all things. That is not naivety. It is the posture of…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VI. Gracious affections are attended with evangelical humiliation cites 1 Cor. 13:4
…And Psal. 101:5, “Him that hath a high look, and a proud heart, I will not suffer.” 1 Cor. 13:4. “Charity vaunteth not itself, doth not behave itself unseemly.” There is a certain…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VIII. Truly gracious affections differ from those affections that are false and delusive, in that they tend to, and are attended with the lamblike, dovelike spirit and temper of Jesus Christ cites 1 Cor. 13:4
…and gifts are nothing (calling this spirit by the name of charity), he describes it thus, 1 Cor. 13:4, 5: “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Scriptural Christianity cites 1 Cor. 13:4
…in his prayers. he loved them “even as Christ loved us.” 6. And “love is not puffed up” (1 Cor. 13:4). It abases to the dust every soul wherein it dwells. Accordingly, he was lowly of heart…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
A Sharp Contention cites 1 Corinthians 13:4-5
…itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil” (1 Corinthians 13:4-5, ASV). Studd had given away all his goods. Not all who worked with him felt that he had…
- Portraits of Courage – C. S. Lewis ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
…tested Lewis’s patience and nearly broke his health. Scriptures to revisit Galatians 6:2; 1 Corinthians 13:4-7; 1 Peter 5:6. Reflection 1. Whose burden are you carrying, unseen? 2. How do you respond…
- Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
…Scriptures to revisit Acts 20:31; 2 Corinthians 12:15; Luke 15:11-32; John 13:14; 1 Corinthians 13:4-7; Matthew 19:12. Reflection 1. Has anyone ever been unable to forget your love for them?…
- Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
…and a gentleness the fire had refined. Scriptures to revisit 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. Reflection 1. What small failures of love would you have to confess? 2. How can weakness…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
…how God works even through quarrels. Scriptures to revisit Acts 15:36-41; 2 Timothy 4:11; 1 Corinthians 13:4-7; 3 John 9-10. Reflection 1. When has disagreement been treated as disloyalty in your…
- The God of All Comfort ·
Conformed to the Image of Christ cites 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
…truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” (1 Corinthians 13:4-7). This is what it means to be conformed to the image of Christ! Do we know anything of…