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1 CORINTHIANS 13:4 @h` avga,ph# (3) {C}
On the basis of rhythm and sentence structure, the third instance of
h` avga,ph (omitted by B 33 _al_) could be considered to be secondary.
5 On the other hand...
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Verse 1 Corinthians 13:4.
(1.) _CHARITY SUFFERETH LONG_] μακροθυμει, _Has a long_
_mind_; to the end of which neither trials, adversities, persecutions,
nor provocations, can reach. The _love of God_...
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CHARITY SUFFERETH LONG - Paul now proceeds to illustrate the
“nature” of love, or to show how it is exemplified. His
illustrations are all drawn from its effect in regulating our conduct
toward others...
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3. THE NEED AND SUPERIORITY OF LOVE.
CHAPTER 13
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1. The Preeminence of Love. (1 Corinthians 13:1 .)
2. Love described in its characteristics. (1 Corinthians 13:4 .)
3. Love never faileth; its Pe...
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1 CORINTHIANS 13. ALL GIFTS AND SACRIFICES ARE WORTHLESS WITHOUT LOVE,
WHICH IS SUPREME AND INCOMPARABLE. The chapter falls into three
divisions: (_a)_ superlative gifts and costliest surrenders are
v...
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THE HYMN OF LOVE (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
13 I may speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but if I have
not love, I am become no better than echoing brass or a clanging
cymbal. I may have the gi...
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IS KIND. Greek. _chresteuomai._ Only here. Compare App-184. Note the
Figure of speech _Asyndeton_ in these verses: 1 Corinthians 13:13; 1
Corinthians 13:4.
ENVIETH. Greek. _zeloo._ See Acts 7
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_Charity suffereth long, and is kind_ The first the passive, the
second the active, exercise of love; the one endurance, the other
beneficence.
_vaunteth not itself_ The word here used is derived from...
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1 Corinthians 12:31 Ch. 1 Corinthians 13:13. The Excellencies of Love
_and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way_ Literally, AND
FURTHERMORE I SHEW YOU AN EMINENTLY EXCELLENT WAY, i.e. the way of
l...
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1 Corinthians 12:31 to 1 Corinthians 13:13. THE EXCELLENCIES OF LOVE
ΚΑῚ ἜΤΙ ΚΑΘ' ὙΠΕΡΒΟΛῊΝ ὉΔῸΝ ὙΜΙ͂Ν
ΔΕΊΚΝΥΜΙ. AND MOREOVER I SHEW YOU A WAY OF SUPERLATIVE
EXCELLENCE. This, St Paul would have us un...
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_THE DESCRIPTION OF LOVE 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-8:_ These verses provide a
brief description of love in action. God approaches love from both a
negative and a positive point of view. "Love is kind and pat...
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ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΕΪ́ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΈΩ
(G3114) быть терпеливым, выносливым.
Имеется в виду способность ума долго
размышлять, прежде чем предаться
действию или страсти, особенно
страсти (Trench,...
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DISCOURSE: 1986
A DESCRIPTION OF CHARITY
1 Corinthians 13:4. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity
envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not
behave itself unseemly, s...
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CHARITY SUFFERETH LONG— The Apostle here proceeds to give us sixteen
characters of _divine love;_—upon which, if the compass of our work
allowed, it would be well worth time to expatiate. 1st, _Love
s...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
Giftlessness With Love (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
4 Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; 5it is
not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own wa...
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Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
SUFFERETH LONG - under provocations of evil from others. The negative
side of love. IS KIND...
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13 The body of Jesus, or of the Lord, denotes His physical frame. The
body of Christ, however, is quite a distinct thought. Christ, or the
Anointed, is a title rather than a name. It suggests official...
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13:4 rash, (c-18) Or 'vain-glorious.'...
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_(e) Spiritual Gifts
(ii) The most excellent Gift of Charity_
In this chapter we enter into the purest atmosphere and breathe the
most fragrant odours. Passing from the previous Chapter s with their
t...
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The character and actions of Love.
4. Vaunteth not itself] does not make a display. PUFFED UP] i.e.
conceited....
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 13
LOVE 13:1-13
1. THE ABSENCE OF LOVE 13:1-3
V1 Suppose that I speak in the languages of people and *angels. If I
have no love, I am onl...
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CHARITY SUFFERETH LONG. — Better, _Love is long-suffering._ Here
follows a description of love. Descriptions of positive
characteristics and negations of evil qualities are now employed by
the Apostle...
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CHAPTER 19
NO GIFT LIKE LOVE
THIS is one of the passages of Scripture which an expositor scruples
to touch. Some of the bloom and delicacy of surface passes from the
flower in the very handling whic...
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In 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 Paul's utterance began to rise with the
elevation of his theme into the Hebraic rhythm (observe the recurrent
ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, and the repeated οὐδέν) which
marks his more imp...
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§ 43. THE QUALITIES OF CHRISTIAN LOVE. The previous vv. have
justified the καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν of 1 Corinthians 12:31.
The loftiest human faculties of man are seen to be frustrate without
love; by its aid...
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THE ONE ESSENTIAL FOR ALL
1 Corinthians 13:1
With what wonder his amanuensis must have looked up, as the Apostle
broke into this exquisite sonnet on love! His radiant spirit had
caught a glimpse of t...
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The apostle dealt with love, its values (verses 1Co 13:1-3), its
virtues (verses 1Co 13:4-7), and its victory (verses 1Co 13:8-13). The
values of love are discovered in the fact that, apart from it, a...
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The Nature of Love
Love will cause one to endure wrong for a long time as Christ did (1
Peter 2:23). Love is good to all. Love is not jealous over another's
good fortune, nor does it seek to impress o...
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_Charity....dealeth not perversely. [1] The Greek word here seems
taken from the Latin. St. John Chrysostom expounds it, is not rash,
but acteth prudently and considerately. Others, it is not light or...
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The following picture is not drawn at random, and, so to speak, at the
good pleasure of the author. It is as closely connected with the state
of his readers as the foregoing passage. It is a mirror in...
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II. THE WAY PAR EXCELLENCE. CHAP. 13.
This chapter has been called a hymn. In tone indeed it is truly
lyrical, especially in the first verses. Charity is poetically
personified. In this respect the pa...
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(4) Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, (5) Doth not behave itself
unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh...
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As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle
give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle
speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
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_CHRISTIAN LOVE_
‘Charity suffereth long … endureth all things.’
1 Corinthians 13:4
It is indeed the occasion of astonishment that in the face of this
chapter theology should ever have imagined tha...
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4._Love is patient. _He now commends _love _from its effects or
fruits, though at the same time these eulogiums are not intended
merely for its commendation, but to make the Corinthians understand
wha...
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Nevertheless there was something more excellent than all gifts. They
were the manifestations of the power of God and of the mysteries of
His wisdom; love, that of His nature itself.
They might speak w...
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CHARITY SUFFERETH LONG,.... The apostle, in this and some following
verses, enumerates the several properties and characters of the grace
of love; and all along represents it as if it was a person, an...
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Charity suffereth long, _and_ is kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Ver. 4. _And is kind_] χρηστευεται, or, is easy to be made
use of, ready to any good office....
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_Love suffereth long_ Here the apostle attributes to love the
qualities and actions of a person, in order to render his account of
that divine grace the more lively and affecting. The love of God, and...
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SUFFERETH LONG; with patience, under injuries.
IS KIND; not to friends only, but to foes.
ENVIETH NOT; is not uneasy at the prosperity of others.
VAUNTETH NOT; does not boast of its own excellence....
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A description of true love:...
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CHARITY SUFFERETH LONG AND IS KIND; CHARITY ENVIES NOT; CHARITY VAUNTS
NOT ITSELF, IS NOT PUFFED UP,...
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Verses 1 Timothy 3 of this chapter show the necessity of love; verses
4 to 7 the characteristics of love; and verses 8 to 13 its permanence.
And in the first section, verse I deals with what I speak;...
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VAUNTETH NOT:
Or, is not rash...
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LOVE SUFFERETH LONG, AND IS KIND; LOVE ENVIETH NOT; LOVE VAUNTETH NOT
ITSELF, IS NOT PUFFED UP,
'suffereth long' -'is patient' (NASV) Lit., 'long-tempered'.
Comments:
1. 'Chrysostom said that it i...
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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 i...
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Lest the Corinthians should say to the apostle: What is this love you
discourse of? Or how shall we know if we have it? The apostle here
gives thirteen notes of a charitable person. CHARITY SUFFERETH...
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Love suffereth long, and is kind [In this catalogue the first and last
negative qualities are coupled with their corresponding positives,
suggesting a like coupling throughout. Love suffers evil and c...
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1 Clement
Love beareth all things, is long-suffering in all things.[221]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III "And love," according to
the apostle, "suffers long, and is kind; envieth not;...
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1 Corinthians 13:4 Love G26 long G3114 (G5719) kind G5541 (G5736) love
G26 not G3756 envy G2206 ...
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HOW TRUE LOVE IS REVEALED (13:4-8A).
This definition of love covers all angles. Because it portrays the
essentials of love looking from our point of view, it gives us a
totally rounded view of what tr...
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LOVE MUST LIE AT THE ROOT OF ALL WE DO ESPECIALLY OUR MINISTRY TO THE
CHURCH (13:1-13).
Paul now deals with what must lie behind the use of spiritual gifts,
if they are to be truly spiritual. And in s...
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1 Corinthians 13:4. LOVE SUFFERETH LONG. This long-suffering is the
protracted endurance of wrong, such as is fitted to provoke
resentment. It is that command over natural impulse which keeps just
dis...
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Verses 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 picture the character or conduct of love
in marvellous rhapsody.SUFFERETH LONG
(μακροθυμε). Late _Koine_ word (Plutarch) from μακρος,
long, θυμος, passion, ardour. Cf. Ja...
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CHARITY
That is, love; and so in (1 Corinthians 13:2); (1 Corinthians 13:3);
(1 Corinthians 13:4); ...
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1 Corinthians 13:4
"Love Suffereth Long, and is Kind.".
I. We have here brought before us the two sides, the passive and the
active sides, of a loving disposition. "Love suffereth long." It is
perhap...
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1 Corinthians 13:4
I. "Love envieth not." Envy is the shadow of jealousy, apes its form
and mimics its movements, but is constructed out of more airy material
and clothed in darker garb. The jealous m...
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1 Corinthians 13:1. _Though I speak with the tongues of men and of
angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a
tinkling cymbal._
If there be no love to God, and no love to man,...
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CONTENTS: Love, the supreme gift of the Spirit, and its governing
power over other gifts.
CHARACTERS: Paul.
CONCLUSION: Love alone can give value to any service rendered in
Christ's name, and it is...
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The apostle having spoken of the adornings of the church, which is the
body of Christ, proceeds now to treat of her internal glory; and that
glory is charity, for without this, all other endowments ar...
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LOVE IS PATIENT AND KIND. Love is the _grace_ which makes men most
like (similar to) God. Love best prepares men to live with God in
Eternity. _Milton_ writes: "[love is] The golden key which opes
[op...
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_Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not
charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal._
CHARITY
Each of the apostles had a predominant feature of character....
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_Charity suffereth long, and is kind._
CHRISTIAN LOVE
I. 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, whe...
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_Charity suffereth long and is kind._ Ambrose reads: "Charity is
high-souled" (so also S. Cyprian and Tertullian, _de Patientiâi_, c.
12, read), "and is pleasing." Note, charity is long-suffering, not...
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CHAPTER 13
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. He points out that of all gifts and graces, charity is the first,
and that without charity no gift or virtue is of any use.
II. He enumerates (ver. 4) the sixt...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
1. THESE NEED BE VERY FEW; the language of the chapter is of the
simplest, the thought inexhaustibly full.
2. Note, Paul, not John, writes this chapter on LOVE.
3. The “I” is not s...
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 13:1
_The supremely excellent way of Christian love. _This chapter has been
in all ages the object of the special admiration of the Church. Would
that it had received in all...
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Let's turn to the thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians.
The thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians actually begins with chapter
12. Paul was talking in chapter 12 about the various gifts of the Holy
Spiri...
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1 Corinthians 3:3; 1 Corinthians 4:18; 1 Corinthians 4:6; 1
Corinthians 5:2;...
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Suffereth long [μ α κ ρ ο θ υ μ ε ι]. See on James 5:7.
Is kind [χ ρ η σ τ ε υ ε τ α ι]. Only here in the New
Testament. See on crhstov, A. V., easy, Matthew 11:30, and crhstothv
good, Romans 3:12. "T...
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THE MORE EXCELLENT WAY
1 Corinthians 13:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The love of God. The great love of God verse is John 3:16. Another
great love verse is Romans 5:8. The whole Bible is, however, one st...
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The love of God, and of our neighbour for God's sake, is patient
toward, all men. It, suffers all the weakness, ignorance, errors, and
infirmities of the children of God; all the malice and wickedness...
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Here the apostle enters upon the description and commendation of the
grace and duty of charity, and declares several excellent effects and
properties of it; namely, IT SUFFERETH LONG, AND IS KIND; tha...