1 Corinthians 13:4

World English Bible (2000)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἡ ἀγάπη μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται· ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ ζηλοῖ· ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ περπερεύεται, οὐ φυσιοῦται,

Transliteration

The agapē makrothymei, chrēsteuetai; the agapē not zēloi; the agapē not perpereuetai, not physioutai,

Grammar Details

• *Hē*: nominative, feminine, singular article - the
• *agapē*: nominative, feminine, singular - love
• *makrothymei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - is patient/long-suffering
• *chrēsteuetai*: present, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - is kind/acts kindly
• *ou*: negative particle - not
• *zēloi*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - envies/is jealous
• *perpereuetai*: present, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - boasts/is vainglorious
• *physioutai*: present, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - is puffed up/inflated

Word Meanings

• *makrothymei*: is patient/suffers long/is longsuffering
• *chrēsteuetai*: is kind/acts benevolently/shows kindness
• *zēloi*: envies/is jealous/covets
• *perpereuetai*: boasts/brags/is vainglorious
• *physioutai*: is puffed up/becomes arrogant/is inflated with pride

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
• Prov 10:12 : 12 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.
• Col 3:12 : 12 Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
• 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.
• 1 John 4:11 : 11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
• Eph 4:32 : 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
• 2 Cor 6:6 : 6 in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,
• Prov 17:9 : 9 He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
• Neh 9:17 : 17 and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn't forsake them.
• 1 Cor 4:6 : 6 Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.
• 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
• 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and don't you walk in the ways of men?
• 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.
• 1 John 3:16-18 : 16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him? 18 My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
• Phil 1:15 : 15 Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.
• Col 1:11 : 11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;
• Col 2:18 : 18 Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
• 1 Cor 4:18 : 18 Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
• 1 Cor 5:2 : 2 You are puffed up, and didn't rather mourn, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you.
• 1 Cor 8:1 : 1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
• 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don't desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;
• Gal 5:21-22 : 21 envyings, 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 the Kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
• Gal 5:26 : 26 Let's not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.
• Eph 4:2 : 2 with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
• 1 Tim 6:4 : 4 he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,
• 2 Tim 2:25 : 25 in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,
• 2 Tim 3:10 : 10 But you did follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,
• 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.
• Titus 3:3 : 3 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
• Jas 3:14-17 : 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
• Jas 4:5 : 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?
• Ps 10:5 : 5 His ways are prosperous at all times. He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
• Prov 13:10 : 10 Pride only breeds quarrels, but with ones who take advice is wisdom.
• Gen 30:1 : 1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I will die."
• Gen 37:11 : 11 His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
• 1 Sam 25:21-22 : 21 Now David had said, "Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good. 22 God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall."
• 1 Sam 25:33-34 : 33 Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand. 34 For indeed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn't have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall."
• 1 Kgs 20:10-11 : 10 Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, "The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me." 11 The king of Israel answered, "Tell him, 'Don't let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.'"
• Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
• Prov 19:22 : 22 That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
• Prov 25:8-9 : 8 Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you? 9 Debate your case with your neighbor, and don't betray the confidence of another; 10 lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.
• Prov 31:20 : 20 She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.
• Prov 31:26 : 26 She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.
• Eccl 7:8-9 : 8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
• Eccl 10:4 : 4 If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
• Dan 3:19-22 : 19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: [therefore] he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. 20 He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, [and] to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were bound in their pants, their tunics, and their mantles, and their [other] garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
• Matt 27:18 : 18 For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
• Luke 6:35-36 : 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil. 36 Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.
• Acts 7:9 : 9 "The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,
• Rom 1:29 : 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,
• Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.
• 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
• Phil 2:1-5 : 1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, 2 make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; 3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; 4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. 5 Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,