1COR 13:4 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Love is patient and kind. It doesn’t envy others, it doesn’t boast, and it isn’t arrogant.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Love is patient and is kind; love does not envy; love does not boast; it is not puffed up.

UST Those who love others wait patiently and act graciously. They do not wish that others would lose the good things that they have. They do not say great things about themselves or act like they are great.

BSB § Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

BLB Love is patient, love is kind, love is not envious, it is not boastful, it is not puffed up.

AICNT Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, [love] does not boast, it is not puffed up,

OEB Love is long-suffering, and kind; love is never envious, never boastful, never conceited, never behaves unbecomingly;

CSB Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant,

NLT Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud

NIV Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

CEV Love is patient and kind, never jealous, boastful, proud, or

ESV Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

NASB Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,

LSB Love is patient, love is kind, is not jealous, does not brag, is not puffed up;

WEBBE Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(3-7)If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.
Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.
Love doesn’t strut,
Doesn’t have a swelled head,
Doesn’t force itself on others,
Isn’t always “me first,”
Doesn’t fly off the handle,
Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn’t revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.

NET Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

LSV Love is long-suffering, it is kind, love does not envy, love does not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

FBV Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous. Love is not boastful. Love is not proud.

TCNT Love is patient and kind. Love does not envy or boast. It is not puffed up

T4T Those who [PRS] truly love others act patiently and kindly toward them. Those who [PRS] truly love others are not jealous of them, they do not boast about what they themselves have done, and are not proud.

LEB Love is patient, love is kind, love is not jealous, it does not boast, it does not become conceited,

NRSV Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant

NKJV Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;

NAB Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated,

BBE Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

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Wymth Love is patient and kind. Love knows neither envy nor jealousy. Love is not forward and self-assertive, nor boastful and conceited.

ASV Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

DRA Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;

YLT The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

Drby Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous [of others]; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,

RV Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Wbstr Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

KJB-1769 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

KJB-1611 [fn]Charitie suffereth long, and is kinde: charitie enuieth not: charitie vaunteth not it selfe, is not puffed vp,
(Charitie suffereth long, and is kinde: charitie enuieth not: charitie vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,)

13:4 Or, is not rash.

Bshps Loue suffreth long, and is curteous: Loue enuieth not, loue doth not frowardely, swelleth not,
(Loue suffreth long, and is curteous: Loue enuieth not, love doth not frowardely, swelleth not,)

Gnva Loue suffreth long: it is bountifull: loue enuieth not: loue doeth not boast it selfe: it is not puffed vp:
(Loue suffreth long: it is bountifull: love enuieth not: love doeth not boast itself: it is not puffed up: )

Cvdl Loue is pacient & curteous, loue envyeth not, loue doth not frowardly, is not puft vp, dealeth not dishonestly,
(Loue is patient and curteous, love envyeth not, love doth not frowardly, is not puft up, dealeth not dishonestly,)

TNT Love suffreth longe and is corteous. Love envieth not. Love doth not frowardly swelleth not
(Love suffreth long and is corteous. Love envieth not. Love doth not frowardly swelleth not )

Wycl Charite is pacient, it is benygne; charite enuyeth not, it doith not wickidli, it is not blowun,
(Charite is patient, it is benygne; charity enuyeth not, it doith not wickedly, it is not blowun,)

Luth Die Liebe ist langmütig und freundlich; die Liebe eifert nicht; die Liebe treibt nicht Mutwillen; sie blähet sich nicht;
(The love is langmütig and freundlich; the love eifert not; the love treibt not Mutwillen; they/she/them blähet itself/yourself/themselves not;)

ClVg Caritas patiens est, benigna est. Caritas non æmulatur, non agit perperam, non inflatur,[fn]
(Caritas patiens it_is, benigna it_is. Caritas not/no æmulatur, not/no agit perperam, not/no inflatur, )

13.4 Charitas patiens est, etc. Hæc sunt arma quibus miles Christi armatur. Cujus armaturæ quasi præcipua arma præmisit, patientiam et benignitatem. ORIG. Patientia illata a proximis mala æquanimiter portat, benignitas sua bona proximis desiderabiliter impendit. Non æmulatur. Quia non eam aliena felicitas contristat. Non inflatur. Quia non eam sua felicitas attollit.

13.4 Charitas patiens it_is, etc. This are arma to_whom miles of_Christ armatur. Cuyus armaturæ as_if præcipua arma præmisit, patientiam and benignitatem. ORIG. Patientia illata from proximis mala æquanimiter portat, benignitas his_own good proximis desiderabiliter impendit. Non æmulatur. Because not/no her aliena felicitas contristat. Non inflatur. Because not/no her his_own felicitas attollit.

UGNT ἡ ἀγάπη μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται; ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ ζηλοῖ; ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ περπερεύεται, οὐ φυσιοῦται,
(haʸ agapaʸ makrothumei, ⱪraʸsteuetai; haʸ agapaʸ ou zaʸloi; haʸ agapaʸ ou perpereuetai, ou fusioutai,)

SBL-GNT Ἡ ἀγάπη μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται ἡ ἀγάπη, οὐ ζηλοῖ ⸂ἡ ἀγάπη⸃, οὐ περπερεύεται, οὐ φυσιοῦται,
(Haʸ agapaʸ makrothumei, ⱪraʸsteuetai haʸ agapaʸ, ou zaʸloi ⸂haʸ agapaʸ⸃, ou perpereuetai, ou fusioutai,)

TC-GNT Ἡ ἀγάπη μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται· ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ ζηλοῖ· [fn]ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ περπερεύεται, οὐ φυσιοῦται,
(Haʸ agapaʸ makrothumei, ⱪraʸsteuetai; haʸ agapaʸ ou zaʸloi; haʸ agapaʸ ou perpereuetai, ou fusioutai, )

13:4 η αγαπη 83.2% ¦ — WH 12.9%

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ἡ ἀγάπη μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται; ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ ζηλοῖ; ἡ ἀγάπη οὐ περπερεύεται, οὐ φυσιοῦται

¬The love /is/_being_patient /is/_being_kind ¬the love not /is/_being_jealous ¬the love not /is/_bragging not /is_being/_arrogant

Here Paul speaks as if love were a person who could be patient, kind, without envy, without “boasting,” and not arrogant. Paul speaks in this way to describe the abstract idea of love in more concrete ways that are easier to think about. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make Paul’s description of love more concrete in another way, such as by speaking about the “people” who love. Alternate translation: [If you love others, you are patient and kind; you do not envy; you do not boast, you are not arrogant]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

μακροθυμεῖ, χρηστεύεται

/is/_being_patient /is/_being_kind

Here Paul does not connect is patient and is kind with any other words. He does this because he wants the Corinthians to think of these two ideas as closely connected. Since English speakers would misunderstand this connection, the ULT has added “and” to clarify that these two ideas are connected. If your readers would also misunderstand the connection, you could add a connecting word like the ULT does or you could express is kind as its own thought. Alternate translation: [is patient; it is kind]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

οὐ περπερεύεται, οὐ φυσιοῦται

not not /is/_bragging not /is_being/_arrogant

Here, boast refers to how people try to draw attention to how great they are, often with words. On the other hand, arrogant refers to how highly people think about themselves. If your language has words that fit with these distinctions, you could use them here. If your language does not have words that fit with these distinctions, you can use one general word for “arrogance” or “pride.” Alternate translation: [is not proud]

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