New English Translation
1 Corinthians 13:7
7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
- New International Version (NIV)It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
- New King James Version (NKJV)bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Context of 1 Corinthians 13:7
5It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful. 6It is not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside. 9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part,
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Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 13:7
- 1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.
- Numbers 11:12Did I conceive this entire people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me, ‘Carry them in your arms, as a foster father bears a nursing child,’ to the land which you swore to their fathers?
- Deuteronomy 1:9I also said to you at that time, “I am no longer able to sustain you by myself.
- Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
- Romans 15:1But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.
- Galatians 6:2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
- Hebrews 13:13We must go out to him, then, outside the camp, bearing the abuse he experienced.
- 1 Peter 2:24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
- 1 Peter 4:8Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.
- Psalms 119:66Teach me proper discernment and understanding! For I consider your commands to be reliable.
- Luke 7:37Then when a woman of that town, who was a sinner, learned that Jesus was dining at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfumed oil.
- Luke 19:4So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way.
- Romans 8:24For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?
- 1 Corinthians 9:18What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel.
- Genesis 29:20So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because his love for her was so great.
- Job 13:15Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 13:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7(12.) Beareth all things - . This word is also variously interpreted: to endure, bear, sustain, cover, conceal, contain. Bishop Pearce contends that it should be translated covereth all things, and produces several plausible reasons for this translation; the most forcible of which is, that the common translation confounds it with endureth all things, in the same verse. We well know that it is a grand and distinguishing property of love to cover and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Beareth all things - Compare the note at 1 Corinthians 9:12. Doddridge renders this, “covers all things.” The word used here ( ́ stegei) properly means to “cover” (from ́ stegēa covering, roof; Matthew 8:8; Luke 7:6); and then to “hide,” “conceal,” not to make known. If this be the sense here, then it means that love is disposed to hide or conceal the faults and imperfections of others; not to promulgate or blazon them abroad, or to give any undue…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-7Verses 4-7 Some of the effects of charity are stated, that we may know whether we have this grace; and that if we have not, we may not rest till we have it. This love is a clear proof of regeneration, and is a touchstone of our professed faith in Christ. In this beautiful description of the nature and effects of love, it is meant to show the Corinthians that their conduct had, in many respects, been a contrast to it. Charity is an utter enemy to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-7This description of Christian love highlights the readiness to sacrifice personal desires for the benefit of others (see also 8:1–10:33; Romans 5:6–8; 15:3; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Philippians 2:4–8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Beareth all things--without speaking of what it has to bear. The same Greek verb as in 1Co 9:12. It endures without divulging to the world personal distress. Literally said of holding fast like a watertight vessel; so the charitable man contains himself in silence from giving vent to what selfishness would prompt under personal hardship. believeth all things--unsuspiciously believes all that is not palpably false, all that it can with a good conscience…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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