# 1 Corinthians 13.5

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**Book:** [1 Corinthians](/codex/1-corinthians/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 3. And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing. 4. Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
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> **5. doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;**
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> 6. rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; 7. beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. (1 Corinthians 13:3-7, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 3. If I dole out 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,
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> **5. doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;**
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> 6. doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7. bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:3-7, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 3. And 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. 4. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, <sup>vaunteth: or, is not rash</sup>
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> **5. Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;**
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> 6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; <sup>in the truth: or, with the truth</sup> 7. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. (1 Corinthians 13:3-7, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 3. and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing. 4. The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,
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> **5. doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,**
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> 6. rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth; 7. all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth. (1 Corinthians 13:3-7, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [David and Jonathan Relationship Objection Defeater](/codex/david-and-jonathan-relationship-objection-defeater/)

**Concepts:**

- [God Showed No Love in Eden Objection](/codex/god-showed-no-love-in-eden-objection/), via [1 Corinthians 13.4-7](/codex/1-corinthians-13-4-7/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G0026 - agape](/codex/g0026-agape/), via [1 Corinthians 13.1-13](/codex/1-corinthians-13-1-13/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.