^7 (A)bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

⁸ And above all things have fervent love for one another, for ^(A)“love will cover a multitude of sins.”

^4 (A)Love suffers long and is ^(B)kind; love ^(C)does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not ^[a]puffed up;

^24 (A)who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, ^(B)that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—^(C)by whose ^[a]stripes you were healed.

²⁴ And ^(A)a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, ^(B)able to teach, ^(C)patient,

¹² If others are partakers of this right over you, are we not even more?

^(A)Nevertheless we have not used this right, but endure all things ^(B)lest we hinder the gospel of Christ.

³ You therefore must ^(A)endure^[a] hardship ^(B)as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. ^4 (C)No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. ⁵ And also ^(D)if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. ⁶ The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops. ⁷ Consider what I say, and ^[b]may the Lord ^(E)give you understanding in all things.

⁸ Remember that Jesus Christ, ^(F)of the seed of David, ^(G)was raised from the dead ^(H)according to my gospel, ^9 (I)for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, ^(J)even to the point of chains; ^(K)but the word of God is not chained. ¹⁰ Therefore ^(L)I endure all things for the sake of the ^[c]elect, ^(M)that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

^2 (A)Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill ^(B)the law of Christ.