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1 Corinthians 13:5
“Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;”
1 Corinthians 13:5, King James Version (KJV)
“doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;”
World English Bible (WEB)
1 Corinthians 13 (KJV)
- 1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
- 2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
- 3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
- 4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
- 5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
- 6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
- 7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
- 8Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
- 9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
- 10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
- 11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
- 12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
- 13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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1 Corinthians 10:24
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. …
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. …
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Philippians 2:21
For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
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