1 Corinthians 13:4-7 KJV
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Charity is another word for love, love is something that you need to have to be "right with GOD" so everyone needs charity.
Charity suffereth long which in essence means is patient, and patience is a virtue.
Charity Vaunteth not itself. Well that is something most people should know not to do, boast.
Charity Is not puffed up, being proud is not always a bad thing if you are proud of yourself it is but if you are proud of something that GOD has done then it is not a bad thing. being proud is
one of those thing that you really have to be careful of.
Charity doth not behave itself unseemly. Yes this is one thing that I am not so great with, being rude, I may not eat like a slob or act rude but I am verbally rude to some people sometimes. That comes from not thinking about what I say. Which is something that most people really really need too look out for.
Charity seeketh not her own. Huh...Is that supposed too mean that girls are more self centered? Personally I like the alternative word my bible has for it, Charity seeketh not its own, sounds uhh......more.......uhh.......never mind.
(I am not trying to disagree with the BIBLE here, I am just trying to putt it in words that make more sence).
Charity is not easily provoked, well that is self explanatory. If you have what love truelly is then you will not easily be provoked.
Charity thinketh no evil, well the notes in my BIBLE and I disagree here it sais that it means not to be resentful, but i think it means not to think any evil. I think that that the notes limit it to much.
Charity reajoceth not in iniquity, well personally I do not take joy in most of my sins, but there are some that you do and do not even know that you are sinning.
Charity rejoiceth in truth, Wow what more can I say?
Charity bearith all things, Bearith? Huh? What is the definition of bear according to my BIBLE-To suffer under the wight of. So I guess that means that to love you must suffer under the wight of all things.
Charity believith all things, this is a really good one and one that a lot of people have a hard time with.
Charity Hopeth all things, we should never lose hope. If you are struggling then never lose hope that those struggles will end.
Charity endureth all things, to live up to this one could be and is very hard for some people. Me, I have never really suffered too much. It is hard for my to imagine the pain that some people have which just makes enduring that much harder.
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GOD is awesome!
Thank you so very much, Little Brother. I needed that.
Mj you have quit the lil brother ........
hey! this is a pretty cool blog you have here...
this is a pretty good post...I've been studying the book "Charity and its Fruits" by Jonathan Edwards in a class at my church. It's a VERY good book. So far, I learned that holiness and love (a.k.a. charity) go hand in hand; you cannot have one without the other. Also, one cannot have true biblical love without having true faith in Christ.
by the way...who's "Johnjohn"? Is he related to (or a friend of) someone I know?
By the way, here's what I think about the line "Charity seeketh not her own". That line is read in the ESV:
"It does not insist on its own way."
It means that if someone has true charity (or love), he/she will sacrifice his/her own desires and seek after the needs of others.
you just sounded kinda confused on that point....
Thanks, I was.
And Amen to the first post.
Well if you found this blogg through any of the people who are co-authors [excluding Detective J(for now)] then yes, I an friend with them all and personally know all of them but Faith and Beth, and I am good friends with them too.
Ok that excluding detective J part is kinda confusing so I ment that I am not good friend with him yet.
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