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Verse 1 Corinthians 13:7. (12.) _BEARETH ALL THINGS_] παντα
στεγει, This word is also variously interpreted: to _endure,
bear, sustain, cover,_ _conceal, contain_. Bishop Pearce contends that
it shou...
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BEARETH ALL THINGS - Compare the note at 1 Corinthians 9:12. Doddridge
renders this, “covers all things.” The word used here
(στέγει stegei) properly means to “cover” (from
στέγη stegē, a covering,...
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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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BEARETH. Greek. _stego._ See 1 Corinthians 9:12. Here it means "is
forbearing in all provocations".
BELIEVETH. App-150....
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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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_beareth all things Suffers_, Vulgate, and so Wiclif and Tyndale. See
note on ch. 1 Corinthians 9:12, where the same word is used. Here it
means to endure patiently indignities and affronts, save of c...
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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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ΣΤΈΓΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΣΤΈΓΩ (G3752)
покрывать (о крыше). Имеется в виду
либо защищать (как крыша), либо
поддерживать (Barrett), либо терпеть,
сносить, справляться с (RP; Fee),
ΠΙΣΤΕΎΕΙ _praes....
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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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BEARETH ALL THINGS, &C.— The twelfth character of love is, that
παντα στεγει, it _coveteth all things,_ as the word should
undoubtedly be translated; for otherwise this character would be the
very sam...
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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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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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13:7 bears (d-1) Or 'covers.'...
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BEARETH] without breaking down. BELIEVETH ALL THINGS] is not
suspicious; puts the best construction on things.
ENDURETH] without giving up....
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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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_(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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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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BEARETH ALL THINGS. — The full thought of the original here is that
love silently endures whatever it has to suffer....
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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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§ 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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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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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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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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7._Beareth all things, _etc. By all these statements he intimates,
that love is neither impatient nor spiteful. For to _bear _and _endure
all things _is the part of forbearance to _believe _and _hope...
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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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BEARETH ALL THINGS,.... The burdens of fellow Christians, and so
fulfils the law of Christ, which is the law of love; the infirmities
of weak believers, and the reproaches and persecutions of the worl...
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Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth
all things.
Ver. 7. _Beareth all things_] στεγει, _tegit._ Covereth faults
with her large mantle, dissembleth injuries, swallowet...
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Love _rejoiceth not in iniquity_ Takes no pleasure to see an adversary
fall into an error or sin, by which his reputation should be blasted,
and his interest ruined. On the contrary, the man influence...
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BEARETH ALL THINGS; inflicted by others, so far as is consistent with
duty, without being disposed to publish their misconduct or to punish
it.
BELIEVETH-HOPETH ALL THINGS; is disposed to put the bes...
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A description of true love:...
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BEARETH ALL THINGS, BELIEVETH ALL THING'S, HOPES ALL THINGS, ENDURETH
ALL THINGS.
The apostle here pictures brotherly love, in personifying it, from
both the negative and the positive side; he gives n...
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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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BEARETH ALL THINGS, BELIEVETH ALL THINGS, HOPETH ALL THINGS, ENDURETH
ALL THINGS.
'beareth all things' -'the verb (bear)..originally meant "to cover, to
conceal"' (Willis p. 458)
Comments:
1. 'Ther...
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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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The charitable man BEARETH ALL injuries with patience; he BELIEVETH
ALL THINGS that are good of his brother, so far is he from being
credulous to his prejudice; ENDURETH ALL THINGS that a good man oug...
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beareth all things [it endures wrongs without complaint, and bears the
adversities, troubles and vexations of life without murmuring (Matthew
17:24-27), and often without divulging its needy condition...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II
) is in truth celestial food, the banquet of reason. "It beareth all
things, endureth all things, hopeth all things. Love never
faileth."[9]
Clement of A...
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1 Corinthians 13:7 bears G4722 (G5719) things G3956 believes G4100
(G5719) things G3956 hopes G1679 (G5719
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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 13:7. BEARETH ALL THINGS from the wronging party.
BELIEVETH ALL THINGS about him that are at all believable; such as
that he has been misled, that he is prejudiced, that he is better th...
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BEARETH ALL THINGS
(παντα στεγε). Στεγω is old verb from στεγη, roof,
already in 1 Corinthians 9:12; 1 Thessalonians 3:1; 1 Thessalonians
3:5 which see. Love covers, protects, forbears ...
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1 Corinthians 13:5
I. Love is not easily provoked. This characteristic follows upon
"seeketh not her own," and very naturally self-regard is the great
secret of easy provocation. It may be hidden self...
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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 13:1. _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 NEVER GIVES UP. Even though others fail, or are weak, love does
not give up, and also works to help the others. The symbolism in this
verse is a _stout-hearted soldier_ who helps his buddies towa...
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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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BEARETH … BELIEVETH … HOPETH … ENDURETH ALL THINGS.
LOVE’S LABOURS
Notice--
I. The multitude of love’s difficulties.
1. The difficulties of love are many, for the apostle sets forth the
opposing a...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 13:7 The terms BELIEVES and
HOPES are sandwiched between BEARS and ENDURES and, like them,
probably refer
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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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_Beareth all things._ Like a beam which sustains an imposed weight, or
rather, like a palm-tree, which does not yield under its own weight,
but, like an arch, is the more strong. Rightly says Augustin...
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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 13:4; 1 Corinthians 9:18; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 4:8;...
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Beareth [σ τ ε γ ε ι]. See on suffer, ch. 9 12. It keeps out
resentment as the ship keeps out the water, or the roof the rain.
Endureth [υ π ο μ ε ν ε ι]. An advance on beareth : patient
acquiescence...
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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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Love covereth all things — Whatever evil the lover of mankind sees,
hears, or knows of any one, he mentions it to none; it never goes out
of his lips, unless where absolute duty constrains to speak. B...
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Charity or love has strong shoulders to bear wrongs and injuries with
patience, though very hard and grievous to be borne, without returning
evil for evil: it will enable us to forbear one another in...