“bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
— WEB
1 Corinthians 13:7
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“Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
— KJV
“beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
— ASV
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Beareth all things--without speaking of what it has to bear. The same Greek verb as in Co1 9:12. It endures without divulging to the world personal distress. Literally said of holding fast like a watertight vessel; so the charitable man contains himself in silence from giving vent to what selfishness would prompt under personal hardship. believeth all things--unsuspiciously believes all that is not palpably false, all that it can with a good conscience believe to the credit of another. Compare Jam 3:17, "easy to be entreated"; Greek, "easily persuaded." hopeth--what is good of another, even when others have ceased to hope. endureth--persecutions in a patient and loving spirit.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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