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

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Love is patient,(A) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.(B)

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(A)Love suffers long and is (B)kind; love (C)does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not [a]puffed up;

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  1. 1 Corinthians 13:4 arrogant

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

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Above all, love each other deeply,(A) because love covers over a multitude of sins.(B)

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And above all things have fervent love for one another, for (A)“love will cover a multitude of sins.”

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21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

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21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.(A) I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.(B)

22 But the fruit(C) of the Spirit is love,(D) joy, peace,(E) forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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21 envy, [a]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that (A)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But (B)the fruit of the Spirit is (C)love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, (D)goodness, (E)faithfulness,

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  1. Galatians 5:21 NU omits murders

32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

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32 Be kind and compassionate to one another,(A) forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.(B)

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32 And (A)be kind to one another, tenderhearted, (B)forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

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12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

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12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves(A) with compassion, kindness, humility,(B) gentleness and patience.(C)

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12 Therefore, (A)as the elect of God, holy and beloved, (B)put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;

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12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

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12 Hatred stirs up conflict,
    but love covers over all wrongs.(A)

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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
But (A)love covers all sins.

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11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

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11 Dear friends,(A) since God so loved us,(B) we also ought to love one another.(C)

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11 Beloved, (A)if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition(A) in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.(B) 15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven(C) but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.(D) 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition,(E) there you find disorder and every evil practice.

17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven(F) is first of all pure; then peace-loving,(G) considerate, submissive, full of mercy(H) and good fruit, impartial and sincere.(I)

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14 But if you have (A)bitter envy and [a]self-seeking in your hearts, (B)do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 (C)This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. 16 For (D)where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. 17 But (E)the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, (F)without partiality (G)and without hypocrisy.

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  1. James 3:14 selfish ambition

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

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Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,(A)
    but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.(B)

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(A)He who covers a transgression seeks love,
But (B)he who repeats a matter separates friends.

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