1 Corinthians 13:4-6 English Standard Version
4 (A)Love is patient and (B)kind; love (C)does not envy or boast; it (D)is not arrogant 5 or rude. It (E)does not insist on its own way; it (F)is not irritable or resentful;[a] 6 it (G)does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but (H)rejoices with the truth.
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- 1 Corinthians 13:5 Greek irritable and does not count up wrongdoing
Cross references
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 : [Prov. 10:12; 17:9; 1 Thess. 5:14; 2 Tim. 2:10; 1 Pet. 4:8]
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 : [2 Cor. 6:6; Gal. 5:22; Eph. 4:32; Col. 3:12]
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 : Acts 7:9
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 : See ch. 4:6
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 : See ch. 10:24
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 : [Rom. 4:6; 2 Cor. 5:19]
- 1 Corinthians 13:6 : [Rom. 1:32; 2 Thess. 2:12]
- 1 Corinthians 13:6 : [2 John 4; 3 John 3, 4]
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