New King James Version
1 Corinthians 13:7
7bears 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 Living Translation (NLT)Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
Context of 1 Corinthians 13:7
5does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 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 suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
- Numbers 11:12Did I conceive all these people? Did I beget them, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a guardian carries a nursing child,’ to the land which You swore to their fathers?
- Deuteronomy 1:9“And I spoke to you at that time, saying: ‘I alone am not able to bear you.
- Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.
- Romans 15:1We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
- Galatians 6:2Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
- Hebrews 13:13Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach.
- 1 Peter 2:24who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.
- 1 Peter 4:8And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”
- Psalms 119:66Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe Your commandments.
- Luke 7:37And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil,
- Luke 19:4So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way.
- Romans 8:24For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?
- 1 Corinthians 9:18What is my reward then? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.
- Genesis 29:20So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her.
- Job 13:15Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
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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