1 Corinthians 13:4-7

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

[4] Charity  suffereth long,  and is kind;  charity  envieth  not;  charity  not  itself,  not  puffed up,  [5] not  behave itself unseemly,  seeketh  not  her own,  not  easily provoked,  thinketh  no  evil;  [6] Rejoiceth  not  in  iniquity,  but  rejoiceth  in the truth;  [7] Beareth  all things,  believeth  all things,  hopeth  all things,  endureth  all things. 

What does 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The apostle next pointed out the qualities of love that make it so important. He described these in relationship to a person"s character that love rules. We see them most clearly in God and in Christ but also in the life of anyone in whose heart God"s love reigns.
"The observance of the truths of this chapter ... would have solved their [1] problems." [2]
"Paul"s central section [3] uses anaphora (repetition of the first element) extensively. One of the three major types of rhetoric was epideictic (involving praise or blame), and one of the three types of epideictic rhetoric was the encomium, a praise of a person or subject. One common rhetorical exercise was an encomium on a particular virtue, as here (or Hebrews 11:3-31, also using anaphora)." [2]