Daily Bible Nugget #639, 1 Corinthians 13:7

The Nugget:

1Co 13:7  Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. (KJV)

1Co 13:7  Love never stops being patient, never stops believing, never stops hoping, never gives up. (GW, God’s Word translation)

1Co 13:7 It bears up under anything; it exercises faith in everything; it keeps up hope in everything; it gives us power to endure in anything. (Williams NT)

1Co 13:7  quietly covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (New KJV)

1Co 13:7  Love quietly covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (Literal Translation of the Holy Bible)

1Co 13:7 Love bears with all things, ever trustful, ever hopeful, ever patient. (TCNT, Twentieth Century New Testament)

1Co 13:7  Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting. (CEV, Contemporary English Version)

My Comment:

It now has been several posts ago since I was doing a series on the attributes of love given in 1 Corinthians 13. Here is the link to the previous post in that series: https://www.realbiblestudy.com/?p=3466.

If we compare all eight translations above, phrase by phrase, we get a fuller picture of what the translators saw in the underlying original Greek text:

Beareth all things, Love never stops being patient, it bears up under anything, quietly covers all things, Love quietly covers all things, Love bears with all things, Love is always supportive.

Believeth all things, never stops believing, it exercises faith in everything, believes all things, [is] ever trustful, loyal.

Hopeth all things, never stops hoping, it keeps up hope in everything, hopes all things, ever hopeful, [always] hopeful.

Endureth all things, never gives up, it gives us power to endure in anything, endures all things, ever patient, and trusting.

 

Carefully studying and meditating on these attributes of genuine love should guide us in our behavior and direct our focus on what we need to grow in our maturity.

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