Passage

1 Corinthians 13.7

Book: 1 Corinthians · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"5. doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; 6. rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;"

"7. beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."

"8. Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away. 9. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;" (1 Corinthians 13:5-9, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"5. doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 6. doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;"

"7. bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

"8. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with. 9. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;" (1 Corinthians 13:5-9, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"5. Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; ^{in the truth: or, with the truth}"

"7. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."

"8. Charity 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. ^{fail: Gr. vanish away} 9. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part." (1 Corinthians 13:5-9, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"5. doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil, 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."

"8. The love doth never fail; and whether [there be] prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless; 9. for in part we know, and in part we prophecy;" (1 Corinthians 13:5-9, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

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Quoted in

Argument from Love

Notes

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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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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