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1 Corinthians 13:4

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

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The verses immediately either side, within 1 Corinthians 13.

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3If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burnt, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:4

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

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5doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

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