1 Corinthians 13:4“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”
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1 Corinthians 13:4
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,” — read online, free, in the King James Version.
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind” — the opening of the love chapter, read at weddings worldwide.
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Why is 1 Corinthians 13 read at weddings?
Paul's hymn defines love by what it does: patient, kind, without envy or self-seeking. Its Greek word agape was translated “charity” in the KJV — many modern versions render it simply “love”.
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This is the King James Version (1611) — the classic English translation, in the public domain and free to read and quote.
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