The Nugget:
1Co 13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, (KJV)
1Co 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind; love does not envy; love does not boast, is not puffed up; (EMTV, English Majority Text Version)
1Co 13:4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant (ESV, English Standard Version)
1Co 13:4 Love is patient. Love is kind. Love isn’t jealous. It doesn’t sing its own praises. It isn’t arrogant. (GW, God’s Word translation)
1Co 13:4 Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride; (BBE, Bible in Basic English)
My Comment:
I wonder if it might be the case that love is something we must learn or be taught. I remember that some of my high school students believed it was important to distinguish infatuation and lust from genuine love–at least that is what some wrote in their free writing compositions.
The Apostle Paul has written what is one of the most famous descriptions of genuine love. He tells us that love is patient, it is never tired of waiting.
Love is kind.
Love does not envy. Love isn’t jealous.
Love does not boast–it does not sing its own praises, it has no high opinion of itself.
Love is not puffed up. Love is not arrogant, it has no pride.
Each of these attributes of love may be studied more deeply by consulting the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury. I share these references from the UCRT below:
1Co 13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 13:4
Charity. FS18, +Deut 28:4.
suffereth long. FS155F, +Gen 4:7, 1Co 13:7, +*Exo 34:6; +*Exo 34:7, Num 12:3, Pro 10:12; Pro 14:29; Pro 17:9, Mat 20:24, Mar 12:31, Luk 6:37; *Luk 17:4, Rom 12:17; Rom 13:10, 2Co 6:6, +**Gal 5:22, +Eph 4:2, *Col 1:11; **Col 3:12, 1Th 5:14, 2Ti 2:10; +*2Ti 2:25; 2Ti 3:10; 2Ti 4:2, Jas 3:17, 1Pe 4:8.
and. FS41, +Gen 10:1.
is kind. FS155F, +Gen 4:7, Rth 3:10, Neh 9:17, Psa 35:13, 14, Pro 19:22; Pro 31:20; Pro 31:26, Mat 5:44, +*Luk 6:35; +*Luk 6:36, Joh 13:34, Act 11:29, *Rom 12:10; +**Rom 15:7, 2Co 6:6; 2Co 7:13, *Gal 5:22, **Eph 4:32, Col 3:12, 1Pe 3:8, +*2Pe 1:7, *1Jn 3:16, 17, 18, 19; 1Jn 4:11.
envieth. Gr. zēloō (S# G2206, Act 7:9). 1Co 3:3, Gen 16:4; Gen 30:1; Gen 37:11, Num 11:29, Jdg 8:2, +Psa 37:1, Mat 27:18, +Act 7:9, +*Rom 1:29; Rom 13:13, 2Co 12:20, Gal 5:21; Gal 5:26, Php 1:15, 1Ti 6:4, Tit 3:3, Jas 3:14, 15, 16; Jas 4:5, 1Pe 2:1.
vaunteth not itself. or, is not rash. +*Jdg 11:30; +*Jdg 11:31, 1Sa 25:21, 22; 1Sa 25:33, 34, 1Ki 20:10, 11, Psa 10:5, Pro 13:10; Pro 17:14; Pro 25:8, 9, 10, Ecc 7:8, 9; Ecc 10:4, Dan 3:19, 20, 21, 22.
is not puffed up. +1Co 4:6; +1Co 4:18; 1Co 5:2; 1Co 8:1, Luk 7:6, 7; Luk 22:24, Eph 4:2, Php 2:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Col 2:18.