Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
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1 Corinthians 13:2-6
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13:4-7 This description of Christian love emphasizes the willingness to give up one’s own desires for the good of others (see also 8:1–10:33; Rom 5:6-8; 15:3; 2 Cor 8:9; Phil 2:4-8).
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And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
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