Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
Love is patient and kind. Love knows neither envy nor jealousy. Love is not forward and self-assertive, nor boastful and conceited.
New American Standard Bible
Love
King James Version
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Holman Bible
Love does not envy,
is not boastful, is not conceited,
International Standard Version
Love is always patient; love is always kind; love is never envious or arrogant with pride. Nor is she conceited,
A Conservative Version
Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up.
American Standard Version
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Amplified
Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant.
An Understandable Version
[Note: The following traits should be understood in the context of love for people]. Love is patient [with people], and is kind [to them]; love does not envy [what people are or have]; love does not boast [of being superior to others], it is not arrogant [in dealing with people].
Anderson New Testament
Love suffers long, and is kind; love envies not; love boasts not; is not vain,
Bible in Basic English
Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;
Common New Testament
Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous or boastful, it is not arrogant
Daniel Mace New Testament
Social affection is patient, is kind; is a stranger to envy; is not insolently vain, nor arrogant: does not behave indecently,
Darby Translation
Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous of others; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,
Godbey New Testament
Divine love suffers long; divine love is kind; divine love envies not; does not make a display of itself, is not puffed up,
Goodspeed New Testament
Love is patient and kind. Love is not envious or boastful. It does not put on airs.
John Wesley New Testament
Love suffereth long and is kind; love envieth not; love acteth not rashly, is not puffed up:
Julia Smith Translation
Love is slow to anger, possesses kindness; love envies not; love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,
King James 2000
Love suffers long, and is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,
Lexham Expanded Bible
Love is patient, love is kind, love is not jealous, [it] does not boast, [it] does not become conceited,
Modern King James verseion
Charity has patience, is kind; charity is not envious, is not vain, is not puffed up;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Love suffereth long, and is courteous. Love envieth not. Love doth not forwardly, swelleth not,
Moffatt New Testament
Love is very patient, very kind. Love knows no jealousy; love makes no parade, gives itself no airs,
Montgomery New Testament
Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love makes no parade, is not puffed up,
NET Bible
Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.
New Heart English Bible
Love is patient and is kind; love does not envy. Love does not brag, is not proud,
Noyes New Testament
Love suffereth long, is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not herself, is not puffed up,
Sawyer New Testament
Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love is not boastful, is not puffed up,
The Emphasized Bible
Love, is patient, is gracious. Love, is not envious, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Love is long-suffering, is kind; love envieth not; love is no vain boaster, is not inflated [with pride],
Twentieth Century New Testament
Love is long-suffering, and kind; Love is never envious, never boastful, never conceited, never behaves unbecomingly;
Webster
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Williams New Testament
Love is so patient and so kind; love never boils with jealousy; it never boasts, is never puffed with pride;
World English Bible
Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,
Worrell New Testament
Love suffers long, is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not herself, is not puffed up,
Worsley New Testament
Charity beareth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity is not insolent, is not puffed up,
Youngs Literal Translation
The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,
Topics
Interlinear
Makrothumeo
Agape
ἀγάπη
Agape
love, charity, dear, charitably+ 9, feast of charity
Usage: 105
Zeloo
Ou
οὐ
Ou
οὐ
Ou
Usage: 1032
Usage: 1032
Devotionals
Devotionals about 1 Corinthians 13:4
Devotionals containing 1 Corinthians 13:4
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 13:4
Prayers for 1 Corinthians 13:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Love, The More Excellent Way
3 And if I distribute all my possessions to the poor, and give up my body to be burned, but am destitute of Love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love is patient and kind. Love knows neither envy nor jealousy. Love is not forward and self-assertive, nor boastful and conceited. 5 She does not behave unbecomingly, nor seek to aggrandize herself, nor blaze out in passionate anger, nor brood over wrongs.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Colossians 3:12
Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own people holy and dearly loved, with tender-heartedness, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;
1 Corinthians 4:6
In writing this much, brethren, with special reference to Apollos and myself, I have done so for your sakes, in order to teach you by our example what those words mean, which say, "Nothing beyond what is written!" --so that you may cease to take sides in boastful rivalry, for one teacher against another.
1 Peter 4:8
Above all continue to love one another fervently, for love throws a veil over a multitude of faults.
2 Corinthians 6:6
by purity of life, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love;
Ephesians 4:32
On the contrary learn to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ has also forgiven you.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the timid, sustain the weak, and be patient towards all.
Matthew 27:18
For he knew that it was from envious hatred that Jesus had been brought before him.
Luke 6:35-36
Nevertheless love your enemies, be beneficent; and lend without hoping for any repayment. Then your recompense shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
Acts 7:9
"The Patriarchs were jealous of Joseph and sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him
Romans 1:29
Their hearts overflowed with all sorts of dishonesty, mischief, greed, malice. They were full of envy and murder, and were quarrelsome, crafty, and spiteful.
1 Corinthians 3:3
you are still unspiritual. For so long as jealousy and strife continue among you, can it be denied that you are unspiritual and are living and acting like mere men of the world?
1 Corinthians 4:18
But some of you have been puffed up through getting the idea that I am not coming to Corinth.
1 Corinthians 5:2
And you, instead of mourning and removing from among you the man who has done this deed of shame, are filled with self-complacency!
1 Corinthians 8:1
Now as to things which have been sacrificed to idols. This is a subject which we already understand--because we all have knowledge of it. Knowledge, however, tends to make people conceited; it is love that builds us up.
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may not find you to be what I desire, and that you may find me to be what you do not desire; that perhaps there may be contention, jealousy, bitter feeling, party spirit, ill-natured talk, backbiting, undue eulogy, unrest;
Galatians 5:21-22
hard drinking, riotous feasting, and the like. And as to these I forewarn you, as I have already forewarned you, that those who are guilty of such things will have no share in the Kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:26
Let us not become vain-glorious, challenging one another, envying one another.
Ephesians 4:2
with all lowliness of mind and unselfishness, and with patience, bearing with one another lovingly, and earnestly striving to maintain,
Philippians 1:15
Some indeed actually preach Christ out of envy and contentiousness but there are also others who do it from good will.
Philippians 2:1-5
If then I can appeal to you as the followers of Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love and any common sharing of the Spirit, or if you have any tender-heartedness and compassion, make my joy complete by being of one mind,
Colossians 1:11
Since His power is so glorious, may you be strengthened with strength of every kind, and be prepared for cheerfully enduring all things with patience and long-suffering;
Colossians 2:18
Let no one defraud you of your prize, priding himself on his humility and on his worship of the angels, and taking his stand on the visions he has seen, and idly puffed up with his unspiritual thoughts.
1 Timothy 6:4
he is puffed up with pride and has no true knowledge, but is crazy over discussions and controversies about words which give rise to envy, quarrelling, revilings, ill-natured suspicions,
2 Timothy 2:25
He must speak in a gentle tone when correcting the errors of opponents, in the hope that God will at last give them repentance, for them to come to a full knowledge of the truth
2 Timothy 3:10
But you have intimately known my teaching, life, aims, faith, patience, love, resignation,
2 Timothy 4:2
proclaim God's message, be zealous in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, encourage, with the utmost patience as a teacher.
Titus 3:3
For there was a time when we also were deficient in understanding, obstinate, deluded, the slaves of various cravings and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another.
James 3:14-17
But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.
James 4:5
Or do you suppose that it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "The Spirit which He has caused to dwell in our hearts yearns jealously over us"?
1 Peter 2:1
Rid yourselves therefore of all ill-will and all deceitfulness, of insincerity and envy, and of all evil speaking.
1 Peter 3:8
In conclusion, all of you should be of one mind, quick to sympathize, kind to the brethren, tenderhearted, lowly-minded,
2 Peter 1:7
along with power of endurance, godliness; along with godliness, brotherly affection; and along with brotherly affection, love.
1 John 3:16-18
We know what love is--through Christ's having laid down His life on our behalf; and in the same way we ought to lay down our lives for our brother men.
1 John 4:11
Dear friends, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Romans 13:13
Living as we do in broad daylight, let us conduct ourselves becomingly, not indulging in revelry and drunkenness, nor in lust and debauchery, nor in quarrelling and jealousy.