1 CORINTHIANS 13:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres — the fourfold 'always' (panta) reveals love's fundamental orientation: it stegō (covers, protects), pisteuō (believes, trusts), elpizō (hopes), hypomeō (endures, remains steadfast) in all circumstances; this is love as active loyalty against despair and cynicism.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 13:7
“Rejoices not in unrighteousness:” i.e., does not feel pleasure over those that suffer ill: and not this only, but also, what is much greater, “rejoices with the truth.” “She feels pleasure,” says he, “with them that are well spoken of,” as Paul says, “Rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them that weep.” Romans 12:15 Hence, she “envies not,” hence she “is not puffed up:” since in fact she accounts the good things of others her own. Do you see how by degrees love…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a reflection on this verse
No reflections on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!