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


In Context

1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

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 record of wrongs.

6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

1st Corinthians 13:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:4Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:4Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:4Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:4Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous of others; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:4Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:4Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:4The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:4Charity suffers long, and is kind; charity envies not; charity braggs not itself, is not puffed up,