1 Corinthians 13:4-7—Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Suffereth long, NT: 3114 makrothumeo (mak-roth-oo-meh’-o); from the same as NT: 3116; to be long-spirited, i.e. (objectively) forbearing or (subjectively) patient
Is kind; makrothumeo; NT: 5541 chresteuomai (khraste-yoo’-om-ahee); middle voice from NT: 5543; to show oneself useful, i.e. act benevolently:
Envieth not NT: 2206 zeloo (dzay-lo’-o) or zeleuo (dzay-loo’-o); from NT: 2205; to have warmth of feeling for or against:
Vaunteth (NOT) itself, NT: 4068 perpereuomai (per-per-yoo’-om-ahee); middle voice from perperos (braggart; perhaps by reduplication of the base of NT: 4008); to boast:
Is (not) puffed up, NT: 5448 phusioo (foo-see-o’-o); from NT: 5449 in the primary sense of blowing; to inflate, i.e. (figuratively) make proud (haughty):
Doth (NOT) behave itself unseemly, NT: 807 aschemoneo (as-kay-mon-eh’-o); from NT: 809; to be (i.e. act) unbecoming:
Seeketh (NOT) NT: 2212 zeteo (dzay-teh’-o); of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life):
Her own, NT: 1438 heautou (heh-ow-too’) (including all other cases); from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive case (dative case or accusative case) of NT: 846; him- (her-, it-, them-, also [in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons] my-, thy-, our-, yourself-) (selves), etc.:
Is (NOT) easily provoked, NT: 3947 paroxuno (par-ox-oo’-no); from NT: 3844 and a derivative of NT: 3691; to sharpen alongside, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate:
Thinketh NT: 3049 logizomai (log-id’-zom-ahee); middle voice from NT: 3056; to take an inventory, i.e. estimate (literally or figuratively):
(NO) evil; NT: 2556 kakos (kak-os’); apparently a primary word; worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas NT: 4190 properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious:
Rejoiceth (NOT) NT: 5463 chairo (khah’-ee-ro); a primary verb; to be “cheerful“, i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well:
In NT: 1909 epi (ep-ee’); a primary preposition; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution [with the genitive case], i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the det.) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.:
Iniquity, NT: 93 adikia (ad-ee-kee’-ah); from NT: 94; (legal) injustice (properly, the quality, by implication, the act); morally, wrongfulness (of character, life or act):
POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES:
Rejoiceth NT: 4796 sugchairo (soong-khah’-ee-ro); from NT: 4862 and NT: 5463; to sympathize in gladness, congratulate:
Ho (ho); including the feminine he (hay); and the neuter to (to); in all their inflections; the def. article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):
Truth; NT: 225 NT: 225 aletheia (al-ay’-thi-a); from NT: 227; truth:
Beareth NT: 4722 stego (steg’-o); from NT: 4721; to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently):
All things, NT: 3956 pas (pas); including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole:
Believeth NT: 4100 pisteuo (pist-yoo’-o); from NT: 4102; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one’s spiritual well-being to Christ):
All things, NT: 3956 pas (pas); including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole:
Hopeth NT: 1679 elpizo (el-pid’-zo); from NT: 1680; to expect or confide: 3956 all things. NT: 3956
Endureth NT: 5278 hupomeno (hoop-om-en’-o); from NT: 5259 and NT: 3306; to stay under (behind), i.e. remain; figuratively, to undergo, i.e. bear (trials), have fortitude, persevere:
More on the positive qualities of love:
–knowing God (1 John 4:8)
–keeping the commandments (1 John 5:3) also ties in with keeping his Word (1 John 2:5).
–being as Christ was in this world (1 John 4:17) I guess this is more the summation of the parts of love.
Here is a separate “negative” list—things that love is not.
Matt. 15; Mark 7
1 Cor. 13:4-7
Gal. 5:19-21 (works of the flesh)
Col. 3:5-9 (members upon the earth; the deeds of the old man)
Eph. 4:1-5:9 (the old man)
- adultery
- anger
- being easily provoked
- bitterness
- blasphemy
- clamor
- corrupt communication out of the mouth
- covetousness, which is idolatry
- drunkenness
- emulation
- envy
- envying
- evil concupiscence
- evil speaking
- fear (on the negative side)
- filthiness
- filthy communication out of the mouth
- foolish talking
- fornication = unfaithfulness
- greediness
- hatred
- heresies
- idolatry
- inordinate affection
- jesting
- lasciviousness
- lying
- malice
- murder
- puffed up
- rejoicing in iniquity
- reveling and such like
- sedition
- seeking own
- stealing
- strife
- thinking evil
- uncleanness
- unseemly behavior
- vanity of the mind
- variance
- vaunting self
- lasciviousness
- witchcraft
- wrath-Beth Johnson