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1 Corinthians 13:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; "
1 Corinthians 13:5
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3 If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.
4 Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
5 doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
6 doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
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1 Corinthians 13:1
"If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal."
1 Corinthians 13:2
"If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing."
1 Corinthians 13:3
"If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing."
1 Corinthians 13:4
"Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,"
1 Corinthians 13:6
"doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;"
1 Corinthians 13:7
"bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things."
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