11 translations · Greek
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
1 Corinthians 13:4 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
- KJV King James Version
- Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Love is long-suffering, it is kind, love does not envy, love does not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous. Love is not boastful. Love is not proud.
- YLT Young’s 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,
- DBY Darby Translation
- Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous [of others]; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ἡ | Hē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀγάπη | agapē | Love | G26 ἀγάπη love |
| μακροθυμεῖ | makrothymei | is patient | G3114 μακροθυμέω to have patience |
| χρηστεύεται | chrēsteuetai | is kind | G5541 χρηστεύομαι be kind |
| ἡ | hē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀγάπη | agapē | love | G26 ἀγάπη love |
| οὐ | ou | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| ζηλοῖ | zēloi | does not envy | G2206 ζηλόω be eager |
| ἡ | hē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀγάπη | agapē | [It] | G26 ἀγάπη love |
| οὐ | ou | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| περπερεύεται | perpereuetai | it does not boast | G4068 περπερεύομαι to boast |
| οὐ | ou | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| φυσιοῦται | physioutai | it is not proud | G5448 φυσιόω to inflate |
Related verses
- 1 Peter 4:8
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
- Ephesians 4:32
And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
- Galatians 5:21–22
envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
- Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.
- Colossians 3:12
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
- 1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
- Proverbs 17:9
He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
- James 3:14–17
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. …
- 1 John 3:16–18
By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him? My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
- 1 Peter 3:8
Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.
3 If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.
4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
5 doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
6 doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
Read all of 1 Corinthians 13 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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