1 Corinthians 13:7

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

1 Corinthians 13:1-13Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. CharityEach of the apostles had a predominant feature of character. Paul’s was faith; John’s love. And yet it was not to John that the office was assigned of expounding his own especial grace. The reason for this is, if Paul had exalted faith only, and John love only, we might have conceived that the judgment of each was guided by his... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

1 Corinthians 13:4-8Charity suffereth long, and is kind.Christian loveI. Suffers long. The Greek denotes having the power “to hold the mind long,” i.e., it is the opposite to rash anger. There are persons who, when they are afflicted by Providence, or provoked by man, are unable to hold their minds. Like the water which has mastered the dam, so do some men’s unhappy feelings rise and overspread their families and neighbourhood. But when one has failed in his duty towards the charitable man it... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 13:7

1 Corinthians 13:7Beareth … believeth … hopeth … endureth all things. Love’s laboursNotice--I. The multitude of love’s difficulties.1. The difficulties of love are many, for the apostle sets forth the opposing armies as four times “all things.” You will have to contend with “all things”--(1) Within yourself. Nothing in your original nature will help you. God has put within you a new life, but the old life seeks to smother it.(2) In the persons whom you are called upon to love. The best of the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 13:7

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Ver. 7. Beareth all things ] στεγει , tegit. Covereth faults with her large mantle, dissembleth injuries, swalloweth down whole many pills that would prove very bitter in the chewing. The Greek word is metaphora a tignis, say some, and signifies, that charity "beareth all things," as the cross main beam in a house supporteth the whole building. (Pareus a Lapide.) Believeth all things ] Is candid and... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Corinthians 13:7

Beareth: 1 Corinthians 13:4, Numbers 11:12-2 Chronicles :, Deuteronomy 1:9, Proverbs 10:12, Song of Solomon 8:6, Song of Solomon 8:7, Romans 15:1, Galatians 6:2, Hebrews 13:13, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 4:8 believeth: Psalms 119:66 hopeth: Luke 7:37-Malachi :, Luke 7:44-1 Corinthians :, Luke 19:4-2 Samuel :, Romans 8:24 endureth: 1 Corinthians 9:18-Song of Solomon :, Genesis 29:20, Job 13:15, Matthew 10:22, 2 Corinthians 11:8-2 Kings :, 2 Thessalonians 1:4, 2 Timothy 2:3-2 Samuel :, 2 Timothy... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Corinthians 13:7

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.Love covereth all things - Whatever evil the lover of mankind sees, hears, or knows of any one, he mentions it to none; it never goes out of his lips, unless where absolute duty constrains to speak.Believeth all things — Puts the most favourable construction on everything, and is ever ready to believe whatever may tend to the advantage of any one character. And when it can no longer believe well, it hopes whatever... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

2. Infinite superiority of Love over Gifts, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. The central gift of Christianity not transient but permanent the diamond excellence of which all other virtues are a phase is LOVE. And to rouse his Corinthians above their eagerness after the transient, the apostle tasks all his powers to present the diamond before their eyes in its most attractive brilliancy. All critics view this passage as one of Paul’s genuine gems. It has something of the rhythm, as well as the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

b. Picture of Love in daily life, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 . The hyperboles of the apostle in the last paragraph rush like a cataract; the descriptions of this paragraph flow like a gentle and limpid stream. He does not describe love in its heroic moods, dying for its loved objects, but in the aspects of ordinary life, and particularly in references to those vain glories and bickers among his Corinthians, of which love would be the corrective. He gives fifteen traits of love. The first three... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:7

7. In rendering the clauses of this verse we must, with the apostle, keep the loved object in view; as, for instance, his dear Corinthian Church. The verses picture to the life, for example, the persistent love of a mother for an erring son the most beautiful of all human loves. The all things four times said are, of course, to be limited by the law of truth and justice just given, and made appropriate to the verb which each follows in the clause. Beareth all things Rather covereth all... read more

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